Google Search Indexing
Hello,
I'm curious, if there is a way to re-index Google search results so when someone types your name in Google Search and clicks "Google Search", it is re-indexed a few pages back, instead of being on the first page of search results. Is this even possible?
I'm curious, if there is a way to re-index Google search results so when someone types your name in Google Search and clicks "Google Search", it is re-indexed a few pages back, instead of being on the first page of search results. Is this even possible?
Dave Baldwin
There is no reason to think that you can influence or affect Google search results at all or in any way. This is something that they work very hard to prevent since it is financially valuable. And they have a great deal of experience in trying to prevent it since people having trying to do it ever since Google first started.
ASKER
Yep, that answer my question. :-/
Depends on where you live and why you show up on the first page. Which page or pages is Google linking to? Can you remove or redact them?
If you are in Europe, there is an EU law called "The Right to be Forgotten" that forces Google to de-list your personal info on request. In the USA, no such luck.
However, the second step would be to analyze why Google returns you so high. If you are socially promiscuous and have highly public Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn pages under your own name, that would be one reason.
If you post constant on publicly indexed web sites, that's another.
If your business promotes your name on their site, that's a third.
If you have a unique or uncommon name, that's a fourth.
And so on.
Once you know why you come up high and where, you can take steps to minimize your presence.
If you are in Europe, there is an EU law called "The Right to be Forgotten" that forces Google to de-list your personal info on request. In the USA, no such luck.
However, the second step would be to analyze why Google returns you so high. If you are socially promiscuous and have highly public Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn pages under your own name, that would be one reason.
If you post constant on publicly indexed web sites, that's another.
If your business promotes your name on their site, that's a third.
If you have a unique or uncommon name, that's a fourth.
And so on.
Once you know why you come up high and where, you can take steps to minimize your presence.
ASKER
Hi Jason, okay now we are getting some where. Thank you for your informative response. Quick background on what is happening. Geographically, this is all happening in the USA and not Europe. In a nutshell, User A is harassing User B. User A has a blog and is constantly publishing defamatory and untrue material about User B.
User A regardless of the topic will tag User B in his all of his writings. User B could take User A to court, but we are talking massive amounts of money here and that is not a viable option.
So this goes back to the original question, can User B do something about this from a technical standpoint? Perhaps utilizing third party SEO software or a paid service that handles things like this? I've looked at Googles articles located at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1228138?hl=en and can't find anything that would help in this scenario.
Google recommends to contact the webmaster and have them remove it. Well, we all know that isn't going to happen. I know the search results cannot be taken down completely, but can they be at least shuffled back a few pages in the search results? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel here? Thanks for your help!
User A regardless of the topic will tag User B in his all of his writings. User B could take User A to court, but we are talking massive amounts of money here and that is not a viable option.
So this goes back to the original question, can User B do something about this from a technical standpoint? Perhaps utilizing third party SEO software or a paid service that handles things like this? I've looked at Googles articles located at https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1228138?hl=en and can't find anything that would help in this scenario.
Google recommends to contact the webmaster and have them remove it. Well, we all know that isn't going to happen. I know the search results cannot be taken down completely, but can they be at least shuffled back a few pages in the search results? Is there any light at the end of the tunnel here? Thanks for your help!
I will say again that Google won't let you do that. Court is probably your only legal option.
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Jason - A well thought out reply. It's so easy to just say "No it can't be done." But, you actually gave this scenario some thought. Thank you again for taking the time to write it. You've given some meaningful and solid advice that I will follow-up with.
I've had to deal with a similar issue before.