Cyber & IT Supervisory Forum - Additional Resources

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9.6.8 Removing a Broken Link (Page Removal) When a page has been removed from a website it will eventually drop out of Bing’s search index as Bing will re-crawl the page and find it is gone. However, this re-crawl process can take time. The Content Removal tool allows you to let Bing know of the fact that the URL of the page is broken (404 - Not Found) . If you send a page removal request, Bing will check whether the page is in fact no longer live on the web, and if that is the case, Bing will speed up removing the URL from their search results. If, however, the URL points to a page that is still live on the web, you are given the choice to remove outdated cached content instead. If Bing is unable to decide either (for example, because Bing cannot connect to the server on which the page exists), you will not be able to send a page removal or outdated cache removal request at this moment in time. Steps to Submit a Page Removal Request You can send a page removal request for a page that is no longer live on the web (404) by doing the following: 9.6.9  Go to URL 120 and sign in with the account you use for Bing Webmaster Tools .  In the Content URL input box, enter the exact URL you found in the Bing web results (for example, by using Copy Shortcut/Copy Link Address functionality in your browser).  In the Removal Type drop-down menu select Page Removal .  Click Submit . When you click send, Bing will run a check whether the page is no longer available on the web. If that is the case, Bing will send the request and add it the Submission History table. However, if Bing detects that the page is still live on the web Bing will prompt that you can only send an outdated cache removal. The steps to do so are outlined below. 9.6.10 Removing Outdated Cache (Outdated Cache Removal) When a page is still live on the web, the Bing crawler (Bingbot) will revisit it in regular intervals to update the content Bing’s index and store a copy in the Bing cache. However, changes can take time to be reflected in the index and the cached page. You can let Bing know about outdated cache by supplying the URL and a piece of text from the outdated cached page that is no longer present on the page that is live on the web. 9.6.11 Steps to Submit An Outdated Cache Removal Request You can send an outdated cache removal request for a page that is live on the web (HTTP status code 200) and for which Bing still has old and outdated content in their cache by doing the following:  Go to URL 121 and sign in with the account you use for Bing Webmaster Tools (formerly known as Windows Live ID).  In the Content URL input box, enter the exact URL you found in the Bing web results (for example, by using Copy Shortcut/Copy Link Address functionality in your browser).  In the Removal Type drop-down menu, select Outdated Cache Removal .  In the Cached Page Text , enter the text that still appears on the cached page that no longer appears on the page that is live on the web.  Click Submit .

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