Court and crime reporting can remain highly visible long after a matter has concluded, charges have changed, or the story no longer reflects a person’s current circumstances. A name search may show news articles, court-round reports, arrest coverage, photographs and syndicated copies before professional achievements, business information or other relevant material. To suppress court news […]

Finding your name in a news story can be distressing, particularly when the article is old, highly ranked in Google, or affecting employment, professional relationships or business opportunities. In some cases, a publisher may be willing to remove or reduce identifying details without deleting the story itself. This is commonly known as news article anonymisation. […]

A page can change while Google continues to show an older title, snippet or other preview text in its search results. This often happens after a news article is corrected, a business profile is updated, personal information is removed, or a webpage is taken down. If you need to update outdated Google search result information, […]

When a webpage has been corrected, deleted, anonymised or substantially updated, Google and other search engines may still display an older version in search results. The result can show an outdated title, snippet, cached text, thumbnail or image even though the live page now says something different. For individuals, professionals and businesses, that delay can […]

A publisher removal request is often the most direct way to address damaging, inaccurate or outdated online material. It involves approaching the website owner, editor or platform that controls the original page and asking them to remove, amend, anonymise or reconsider the content. It can be worth pursuing when there is a clear, credible reason […]