Comments on: How to uninstall Global Translator Plug-in properly http://www.cravingtech.com/how-to-uninstall-global-translator-plug-in-properly.html Tech news, reviews, and a geek's ramblings Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:09:45 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: infini3 http://www.cravingtech.com/how-to-uninstall-global-translator-plug-in-properly.html/comment-page-1#comment-13898 infini3 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:59:19 +0000 http://www.cravingtech.com/blog/?p=2716#comment-13898 I agree. Installing that plugin makes some problems in my blog. So, I also decided to uninstall it. By the way, can you check my robots file at http://infini3.co.cc/robots.txt if it is already correct? Thanks a lot. I agree. Installing that plugin makes some problems in my blog. So, I also decided to uninstall it. By the way, can you check my robots file at http://infini3.co.cc/robots.txt if it is already correct? Thanks a lot.

]]> By: Michael Aulia http://www.cravingtech.com/how-to-uninstall-global-translator-plug-in-properly.html/comment-page-1#comment-13873 Michael Aulia Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:34:24 +0000 http://www.cravingtech.com/blog/?p=2716#comment-13873 Hi Tony, If you go back to my other post (link on the post), you'll find out that it's against Google policy (not the Google AdSense) to keep the cached pages more than a certain period. Of course you can delete and regenerate it, but then again, that's not what the policy wants. So play safe or get more traffic? It's up to you Hi Tony,
If you go back to my other post (link on the post), you’ll find out that it’s against Google policy (not the Google AdSense) to keep the cached pages more than a certain period. Of course you can delete and regenerate it, but then again, that’s not what the policy wants. So play safe or get more traffic? It’s up to you

]]> By: Tony http://www.cravingtech.com/how-to-uninstall-global-translator-plug-in-properly.html/comment-page-1#comment-13859 Tony Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:10:15 +0000 http://www.cravingtech.com/blog/?p=2716#comment-13859 It seems kinda drastic to recommend uninstalling the Global Translator plugin, if not misleading. The same steps for uninstalling can equally be applied to properly managing the plugin to increase visitors and avoid conflicts with Google Adsense, for example. I began an experiment along those lines by setting up the Translator again in what I consider a more practical manner. Firstly, I ensured that the languages I selected were supported by Adsense. Then I completely deleted my cache of newly translated pages and 'stale' files. This is easily done in FTP by finding the gt-cache folder and right clicking to delete. The contents are trashed but the empty language subfolders remain to be filled up again. Then I added 'disallow' lines to my robots.txt file to block Googlebot from mapping translations in languages not supported by Adsense, or which I had already deselected as language options. Incidentally, it's a good idea to check periodically that the cached translations are in keeping with the present style of your blog. I found a couple of pages that were still displaying with a WordPress theme I had long abandoned. Incidentally, a picture banner or logo instead of a title stops the translator messing up your site's main title. I am n0w in the process of removing URLs from Google's database using Webmaster Tools. This is not straightforward but not as lengthy as you might think. I believe there is an option under 'diagnostics' to block the route to the gt-cache folder which also removes already-indexed files. I'm still looking for the link, as I think the layout of Webmaster Tools might have changed over time. I might be an optimist but I'm sticking with Global Translator for now. It seems kinda drastic to recommend uninstalling the Global Translator plugin, if not misleading. The same steps for uninstalling can equally be applied to properly managing the plugin to increase visitors and avoid conflicts with Google Adsense, for example.

I began an experiment along those lines by setting up the Translator again in what I consider a more practical manner. Firstly, I ensured that the languages I selected were supported by Adsense. Then I completely deleted my cache of newly translated pages and ’stale’ files. This is easily done in FTP by finding the gt-cache folder and right clicking to delete. The contents are trashed but the empty language subfolders remain to be filled up again.

Then I added ‘disallow’ lines to my robots.txt file to block Googlebot from mapping translations in languages not supported by Adsense, or which I had already deselected as language options. Incidentally, it’s a good idea to check periodically that the cached translations are in keeping with the present style of your blog. I found a couple of pages that were still displaying with a WordPress theme I had long abandoned. Incidentally, a picture banner or logo instead of a title stops the translator messing up your site’s main title.

I am n0w in the process of removing URLs from Google’s database using Webmaster Tools. This is not straightforward but not as lengthy as you might think. I believe there is an option under ‘diagnostics’ to block the route to the gt-cache folder which also removes already-indexed files. I’m still looking for the link, as I think the layout of Webmaster Tools might have changed over time. I might be an optimist but I’m sticking with Global Translator for now.

]]> By: Fahad http://www.cravingtech.com/how-to-uninstall-global-translator-plug-in-properly.html/comment-page-1#comment-13586 Fahad Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:29:19 +0000 http://www.cravingtech.com/blog/?p=2716#comment-13586 Thanks for your help! :) Thanks for your help! :)

]]> By: Michael Aulia http://www.cravingtech.com/how-to-uninstall-global-translator-plug-in-properly.html/comment-page-1#comment-13503 Michael Aulia Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:09:27 +0000 http://www.cravingtech.com/blog/?p=2716#comment-13503 Yeah. As long as you clearly specified the exclude path in the robots.txt, then they won't be indexed by Google :) Yeah. As long as you clearly specified the exclude path in the robots.txt, then they won’t be indexed by Google :)

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