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Apparently my 15 month old post on Windows 7 BSOD is the #1 ranked post on Google for the search query “blue screen of death windows 7“. A ridiculous amount of my traffic goes to that page. Like 30%. I don’t want this traffic. The page had like 40 comments. People kept asking me to help with their computer. I don’t want the attention. Really. Plus it kept messing up my google analytics numbers.
So today, this guy asked me for help using the widget on the right and I said, “Enough is enough”. I changed the status of that page, plus 5 others that were about Windows 7 or Office 2010, to “private”. They are no longer available. I am hoping that Google takes me off that spot.
Now you might be asking, “Why not put some ads on that page and make some money?” Yes, that is true. But I already took the pages down, and I am way too lazy to do anything about it now. Where were you 5 minutes ago when I started this rant?
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I’ll monitor the analytics and see if Google takes me off that spot soon.
I think you can also request to remove a url with the Google Webmaster Tools. That may be a quicker path to getting it out of the results.
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Thanks, I just tried that. I wonder how long it will take to kick in.