By Stersco83 - 25 Jun 26 6:33 PM
It seems various things have changed recently with Google judging from both old and new posts:
1) Multiple variations of search term
Previously (e.g. 4 years ago) people on here were saying that when an article about them on Google is delisted, it is only delisted for their name as a specific search term. E.g. "John Smith" but not "John Smith of Trumpton".
That seems to have changed? Whereas previously I was always on page 1 on Google, under most things with my name, I got my self delisted last week, just giving my first and last name as a reference, and now I can google:
John Smith Edinburgh
John Smith Info
John Smith 28 [my age cited in article]
John Smith [quote words used by judge]
Etc etc,
All clear! I even switch to the "News" section at the bar at the top, and type "John Smith 28 Edinburgh court judge", and I get an obscure fluffy nice story about me (pre-conviction), but not the criminal episode.
In fact, in order to find the news article again, I have to omit my name entirely and type a unique phrase from the article.
2) USA listings of old tabloid stories
Using Issearchfrom and selecting North America, I have to work very hard to discover UK citizens whose reputations are comprehensively trashed in the UK Google. For some people only 1 in 10 articles remain. Whereas previously I was on page 1 of USA also (unique name, tabloid story)
3) Cooperation
It seems Google defaults more to ushering through takedown requests, rather than refusing them?
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By AB2014 - 29 Jun 26 11:01 AM
The thing about multiple search terms seems to have been based on a misunderstanding of what to submit to Google. If you Google yourself and submit the results page to Google, they will remove the URL for that page from search results, not the individual pages. If you put each individual URL in the application and the application is approved, all those URLs will be removed from search results. After that, if you set up a Google Alert on your name, Google will do the searching for you and let you know if anything comes up. You can then reply to your original notification from Google with the new URL(s) and they will remove those links from search results as well.
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