taking a site down = banned domain? - GoFuckYourself.com

fris · 11-19-2008, 08:23 AM

say you have a site say in /website/

and it gets removed for some reason, will google ban the domain? because of all the 404/403 ?

Tevion · 11-19-2008, 08:42 AM

Hmm, I'd guess that it wouldn't have a positive effect on SERP rankings, but you might also consider to just add a line to your robots.txt to disallow googlebot to access the folder that's goint to be deleted. If you do that a few weeks before the pages should be delisted, and cause no more troubles therefore.

Or setup an 404 redirection that returns a 200 code, but that could trigger a few duplicate content filters.

Just an idea...

Antonio · 11-19-2008, 09:12 AM

you'll be ok, just spoke to Google

seriously, you have nothing to worry IMO

Iron Fist · 11-19-2008, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio

you'll be ok, just spoke to Google

AnalProbe · 11-19-2008, 09:56 AM

Site taken down ?

It's a temporary thing... act fast !

Always keep your DNS server seperate from you HTTP server, and keep full control of that DNS server, with some little TTL tricks you can switch servers realtime, and have worldwide accessability within 12 to 24 hours, before the bots notice anything.

And even IF they notice, sites can also be down because of technical reasons, like hardware failure or DDOS, so don't worry.

Good Luck.

V_RocKs · 11-19-2008, 10:04 AM

As in, a directory of a domain?

11-19-2008, 08:23 AM	#1
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11-19-2008, 08:42 AM	#2
Tevion Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 113	Hmm, I'd guess that it wouldn't have a positive effect on SERP rankings, but you might also consider to just add a line to your robots.txt to disallow googlebot to access the folder that's goint to be deleted. If you do that a few weeks before the pages should be delisted, and cause no more troubles therefore. Or setup an 404 redirection that returns a 200 code, but that could trigger a few duplicate content filters. Just an idea... __________________ Free Site and Webserver Monitoring Tweak your Sites, get Alerts to your Mobile Phone

11-19-2008, 09:12 AM	#3
Antonio Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Spartaaaaaaaaa Posts: 14,136	you'll be ok, just spoke to Google seriously, you have nothing to worry IMO

11-19-2008, 09:56 AM	#5
AnalProbe pain in the Ass Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,727	Site taken down ? It's a temporary thing... act fast ! Always keep your DNS server seperate from you HTTP server, and keep full control of that DNS server, with some little TTL tricks you can switch servers realtime, and have worldwide accessability within 12 to 24 hours, before the bots notice anything. And even IF they notice, sites can also be down because of technical reasons, like hardware failure or DDOS, so don't worry. Good Luck.

11-19-2008, 10:04 AM	#6
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,409	As in, a directory of a domain?