Deindexing
Removing a URL or representation from searchable storage or results.
What Deindexing means
It can result from directives, deletion, quality decisions, legal action, canonicalization, or temporary system state.
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Related terms in Crawling and indexing
How a crawler discovers, schedules, fetches and selects pages, and why a fetched page is not an indexed one.
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Questions about Deindexing
What is Deindexing?
Removing a URL or representation from searchable storage or results.
Which area of the glossary does Deindexing belong to?
Crawling and indexing: How a crawler discovers, schedules, fetches and selects pages, and why a fetched page is not an indexed one.
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