Funny thing – me being the trigger-happy deleting person I am and figuring that the blog transplant was successful, I decided to delete the old archives. Then I googled myself to see if, though highly unlikely since I think it takes some time for their bots to find you, the new site comes up. No… …but all of my old posts are listed. All which return 404 errors when you navigate to them. Hmm. Yeah I didn’t really think that one out.
I did some searching and I found that there is a way to remove directories on your site from Google’s index. So I created this file, robots.txt, which tells the Google-bots and other search engine bots which directories I want to “disallow” from their indexes. My request is “pending” so in the meantime, I’ve set up an “I’m sorry” page to be returned in the event of 404s.
Still, I’m a little worried. On the page where I can check the removal status, it says:

You may remove your URL from Google’s results or your Usenet posts from Google Groups. URLs and posts will typically be removed within 5 days of a successfully submitted request. Please keep in mind that submitting via the automatic URL removal system will cause a temporary, six months, removal of your site from the Google index.

k – so does that mean that my entire site will be banished from Google for 6 months?!! Oh boy. What if someone is google-stalking me?!
This whole experience is worrying me, my anxiety is worrying me. Why do I care so much about google hits? Maybe because I know my name is unique and I feel as though I should be continuously writing a search result story with a collage of links?
Ha ha…really…I need to get out. So I think I’m going to see Just Friends tonight with Noah. Not normally the type of movie I would pay 10$ for, but it was filmed in Regina and I am feeling especially fond of the city and its people lately. In two weeks I will be there and feeling better. In three weeks I will be missing Vancouver again.