Comments on: How to Remove Feeds From Google Index http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/ Online Tips For Tech Users, Bloggers and Designers Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:20:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bluesygirl http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-472858 bluesygirl Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:45:50 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-472858 After changing my theme this problem happened to me. I had my robots.txt set up to not index /feeds/ However my new theme uses /feed This messed me up because a very popular post got indexed using my feedburner feed instead of my website. AND it happens to be #3 in google. Learned my lesson. Thanks for the info on how to fix. After changing my theme this problem happened to me. I had my robots.txt set up to not index /feeds/

However my new theme uses /feed

This messed me up because a very popular post got indexed using my feedburner feed instead of my website. AND it happens to be #3 in google. Learned my lesson. Thanks for the info on how to fix.

]]> By: Jim http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-299833 Jim Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:03:55 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-299833 Doesn't this stop your new pages getting indexed (at least effect how quickly they are indexed, if not completely), especially for blogs? Doesn’t this stop your new pages getting indexed (at least effect how quickly they are indexed, if not completely), especially for blogs?

]]> By: vicky http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-165533 vicky Thu, 22 May 2008 15:58:53 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-165533 help. can someone just push a button for me and make google stop following me around? help. can someone just push a button for me and make google stop following me around?

]]> By: Umair’s Blog » Blog Archive » How to Remove Feeds From Google Index http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-161859 Umair’s Blog » Blog Archive » How to Remove Feeds From Google Index Mon, 19 May 2008 05:29:39 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-161859 [...] you are aiming for traffics from Google , the last thing you want to end up is having duplicates of a same content being indexed by Google. [...] [...] you are aiming for traffics from Google , the last thing you want to end up is having duplicates of a same content being indexed by Google. [...]

]]> By: J.D. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-61620 J.D. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:24:26 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-61620 Good tip. I started noticing the problem a few weeks ago when Google traffic began coming in for the feed rather than the blog content pages. As soon as someone hits the feed XML page rather than text content, they just leave - a wasted opportunity. Good tip.

I started noticing the problem a few weeks ago when Google traffic began coming in for the feed rather than the blog content pages. As soon as someone hits the feed XML page rather than text content, they just leave – a wasted opportunity.

]]> By: Coder http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-53396 Coder Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:51:10 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-53396 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: FreeListed http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-50201 FreeListed Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:06:43 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-50201 Good point. I never thought about it. I just changed all my website feed to rel="nofollow" Thanks. Good point. I never thought about it. I just changed all my website feed to rel=”nofollow” Thanks.

]]> By: He He http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-50059 He He Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:36:25 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-50059 To have better ranking for your post. because soemtimes feed can rank higher than your post. when people click on the link, it will bring you to the feed page and thare aren't any ads or links showing out on that page. duplicate content might cause google ban your website. To have better ranking for your post.
because soemtimes feed can rank higher than your post.
when people click on the link, it will bring you to the feed page and thare aren’t any ads or links showing out on that page.

duplicate content might cause google ban your website.

]]> By: Nicholas http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-50032 Nicholas Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:50:35 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-50032 Oh I see, so what is the point of preventing them from indexing? Oh I see, so what is the point of preventing them from indexing?

]]> By: hongkiat http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-50019 hongkiat Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:11:16 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-50019 See when your entry www.domain.com/content1/ is indexed by google, sometimes even the feed gets indexed too. www.domain.com/content1/feed/ Both of them have the same content, thats a duplicates and the entry above guide you through removing them, avoiding them from getting index. See when your entry

http://www.domain.com/content1/

is indexed by google, sometimes even the feed gets indexed too.

http://www.domain.com/content1/feed/

Both of them have the same content, thats a duplicates and the entry above guide you through removing them, avoiding them from getting index.

]]> By: Nicholas http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/comment-page-1/#comment-50016 Nicholas Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:04:29 +0000 http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/how-to-remove-feeds-from-google-index/#comment-50016 I still don't really understand what does this mean. Is it that you don't want your feed side to appear in google ? I still don’t really understand what does this mean. Is it that you don’t want your feed side to appear in google ?

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