delete pictures from server

geisi12 · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 1:54 pm
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Hello,
I need help. I was deleting my blog. But my pictures are still on google search. I have to delete them as soon as possible. What can I do??
Thanks in advance.
notawoodpecker · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 1:56 pm
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If you’re asking about a free hosted wordpress.com site, have you deleted them from your Media library?
geisi12 · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 2:30 pm
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Yes it was a free hosted blog – I just deleted the blog – thinking this is enough. Did not delete them from library.
Is there any chance?
notawoodpecker · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 2:34 pm
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‘just’ meaning when?

If it was recent, it could take weeks to fall out of search engine indexes.
auxclass · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 2:34 pm
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You have a Google (and other search engines) issue not a WordPress.COM issue – the pictures will be cached for around 6 months I am told and some search engines never forget

PS – you did not need to delete your blog – just deleting the pictures from the media library would have done the same thing
geisi12 · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 2:39 pm
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so I can’t do anything? right?

in any case – thanks for answering!
auxclass · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 2:58 pm
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Sometimes search engines will delete content when ask – but I understand it is a tough sell and you need to prove ownership of the blog where the pictures came from and since you deleted the blog you can’t prove ownership –

Over a period of time the results will become stale and they tend to not show up in the results – and as search engines scan your site that is not there they will remove the content that is not on your non-existant blog
geisi12 · Member · Jan 9, 2013 at 3:27 pm
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I see, should have asked before :)
Anyway – Thank you guys!!

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