: Would Google penalize me for removing indexed pages? I'm about to remove a large part of a website in order to replace it by a better alternative which, unfortunately, cannot be mapped to older

@BetL925

No. Google won't penalize your site for removing a part of it, you can do it.

However, if you can't redirect old URLs from the new ones, mark your old URLs as Gone (410 HTTP status) with an .htaccess file (if you use Apache as a web server).

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@Frith620

Yes, Google will penalize for removing indexed pages. If you remove the indexed pages, it will show a 404 not found error. You will have to redirect the removed page URL's to relevant pages of your website. I understand that you might be facing some limitations. But, it's a must.

If you don't do it, 404 not found error list will keep growing in the webmaster account which isn't a good sign.

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