There are several options to prevent your web site from being indexed
by Google. For best results it is highly recommended to use all of
them. Otherwise your web site might still appear in search results.
The first is using a robots.txt file. Basically what
you need to do is create a file named robots.txt with
the following content:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Then place this file in the web root for your domain name. Such
robots.txt file should prevent all web crawlers from indexing your web
site. Note however, that in this case Google will still index your pages
that are linked from other web sites.
The second option is to set a "noindex" meta tag for your
pages. If the meta tag you have for the page is "noindex",
Google will completely drop the page from the search results. If the
page/website is currently indexed, it should be removed the next time it
is crawled by Google.
The third option is to use Google Webmaster Tools. Here are step-by-step
instructions how to use them:
1. You will need to create an account with Google Webmaster Tools.
2. Log in to your Google Webmaster Tools account.
3. If the account is new, you will have to add your web site.
1. Click the "Add a site" button.
2. Enter your web site URL and click "Continue"
4. Now you need to access the web site removal tool.
5. Once you have opened the web site removal tool, click on "New
Removal Request".
6. On the 'Create a new request' page, select the options that
match your removal request, fill in the required fields and then click
the Submit Request button
