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why the google bots keep visiting the old pages which are no longer exist for 4 months.
Yes, they are being kind. They assume that if you intentionally removed the page, your would return a 410-Gone server status when that page is requested. They are simply giving you time to fix your site, since you are returning a 404-Not Found. After a few months, they will drop the page.
If you want quick action, return the proper server codes!
301-Moved Permanently (Resource won't be back, use the new URL provided with the 301 response.)
302-Moved Temporarily (This means the resource will return; use the temporary URL provided now, but attempt to use the original URL next time.)
410-Gone (Resource is gone, no similar replacement, resource will not return, forget it!)
404-Not Found (Broken script, broken server, corrupted filename, webmaster error, could be anything.)
In many cases, a 404 means the webmaster forgot something...
HTH,
Jim
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Nah just that these two sites are brand new and I don't think they have been ranked properly yet. Both have had no optimisation at all done to them, let alone spamming or tricks.
Also judging purely on preenet's post count I assumed that his site was new too.