: What is the syntax for using 410 status for deleted pages? I want to permanently delete some pages in my site using 410 status. I'm not sure of correct syntax of removing pages using 410.

@Goswami781

If you have a duplicate page which you have no reason to keep, you should not 410 it, nor leave it up, but instead use a 301 (Moved Permanently) redirect to the other copy. In this way, any links or bookmarks to the removed page will not be broken.

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@Harper822

Your rewrite rule is fine for the page that's been deleted. It will return a 410 error for that page only.

If there's a good reason to keep any of the duplicate pages, you can use a canonical link tag in the head of the duplicate page, containing the preferred URL you want Google to use when indexing those pages. e.g.:

<link rel="canonical" href="http://www.yoursite.in/payment.html" />

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