Removing Content

Removing Content From Google Search

Negative Google search results can be a major problem for your business reputation or personal brand. Whether you’re wondering how to remove a webpage, personal information, outdated content, or remove other negative information from Google search results, there are several ways to do this.

Getting Content Removed

The problem can be addressed by first requesting that the site in question remove the page or edit the content. Or, ask that the website owner restrict Google from crawling the page which in time will de-index it.


In cases where it’s not possible to remove the content in question, it’s very often possible to push the content off the first page of Google onto page two (where almost no one ever looks).


This usually involves creating profiles, building links and creating content. This can be time consuming and costly to achieve. It is not easy however to remove negative content from Google!

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Why Does It Matter?

➡️ Remove Content From Google -Negative search results can’t be removed 100% of the time. Cases when they can be removed include, but are not limited to:


  • Illegal content
  • Financial info
  • Copyright infringement/violations
  • Other confidential info, such as medical records


➡️ What if your content was removed from a site but is still in search result?

If you were able to have content, video, or images removed from a website, but it is still showing in search results you can request Google to remove it from their search result pages. You can follow this link and follow the steps to have the content in question removed from Google.

What To Do If You can't Remove the Negative Content From Google?

If the negative information you’re looking to have removed doesn’t fall into the category of content that Google or other search engines are typically willing to remove, you have other options. More specifically, you can ask the creator of the website to delete the information from their website, so that it no longer exists on the internet at all. You may have to offer to pay the owner of the website so that they’re willing to do so.


If they won’t actually delete the content, you can request that they remove the strongest keywords so that it won’t pop up as high in Google search results. You may also ask that they add a no-index tag to the page’s HTML header, which would prevent that page from being indexed by Google and other search engines.


More aggressively, if the content is against the website host’s policies, you can contact them as well, which may result in the entire website being taken down.


➡️ What About Reviews?

Negative reviews, such as those on Yelp, can literally make or break a company. Because Yelp operates on the reliability of its reviews, both positive and negative reviews must be included; otherwise, customers will not trust the site. Only if the reviews violate Yelp’s Terms of Service will they typically be removed. You may also attempt to convince the original poster of the review to alter it. On other sites, the methods by which negative reviews may be removed or changed may differ.


If bad or false information is impacting your business contact me today about how I can help with removing content from Google.

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