How do I make urls that do not have real information appear in Google results?

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  • April 21, 2019 at 4:01 am #481967

    Giovan Antoni
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    Hi. I have a problem with google results.
    Google results show urls that have no information or content. I give an example with the images:
    My directory is a directory of health establishments and medical clinics in the country of El Salvador.
    Then in a Region of that country that has the name of “La Libertad”, there are no cardilogos. However in the results of google appears a url that includes that region where there are no cardiologists. How do I make urls that do not have real information appear in Google results?

    April 21, 2019 at 4:03 am #481970

    Giovan Antoni
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    Looking for a solution I have currently removed the locations from the sitemap. I do not know if that helps solve the problem.

    My site map: https://redsalud.com.sv/sitemap_index.xml

    April 21, 2019 at 4:05 am #481972

    Giovan Antoni
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    I’m also keen to change the permanent links from “Full location with category” to “Default”, but I do not know if doing that will affect SEO.

    But could you tell me what can be the best way to prevent urls from showing up in the google results that do not have content?

    April 21, 2019 at 9:32 am #481982

    Guust
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    You can delete any location [city] that does not have any listings. Then the page will disappear.
    Also never link to empty categories: in category widget, use the “hide empty category” options.

    Changing permalinks will affect search engines temporarily until they update the URLs and drop the pages that no longer exist.

    April 21, 2019 at 10:37 am #481987

    Alex Rollin
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    Updated: https://wpgeodirectory.com/docs-v2/faq/seo/

    April 21, 2019 at 6:15 pm #482013

    Giovan Antoni
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    Thanks guys for your help, I’ll dig a little deeper is this matter.

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