Best Pracice to Obsolete a Blog
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Hi,
I have a blog that has thousands of URL, the blog is a part of my site.
I would like to obsolete the blog, I think the best choices are
1. 404 Them: Problem is a large number of 404's. I know this is Ok, but makes me hesitant.
2. meta tag no follow no index. This would be great, but the question is they are already indexed.
Thoughts?
Thanks
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I am almost positive, that using a 301 to the main page would be considered a soft 404 error
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301 them to your homepage then
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