From the SOTR podcast about removals w/, , & methode: When using hreflang & you noindex one of the urls in the cluster, that *could* impact the entire cluster in some cases. To be safe, make sure to add noindex to all pages in the cluster: glennga.be/3SsnmOf
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More: When using the unavailable_after meta tag, it's a soft removal. It's like lastmod w/sitemaps, Google can use it if it's consistently accurate. You can schedule when a url gets removed from the index. But Google will revisit the page to make sure: glennga.be/3vGNPO6
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And one more clip: For the remove URLs tool in GSC, regex isn't available. Gary explained that Google could support it... but he thinks site owners would "wipe out their sites in new and imaginative ways". Yep, I agree with that. :) glennga.be/3BJDTHQ
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