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J-Mac:
What about Google cached versions?
-Carol Haynes (October 18, 2011, 01:37 PM)
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You can get Google to take them down, but it ain't easy! I haven't tried but I know someone who did and by the time she was done you didn't want to be near her!

Jim

Paul Keith:
Man, keep us updated if the same trick works on Google.

Oh and congrats.  :Thmbsup:

IainB:
Man, keep us updated if the same trick works on Google.
-Paul Keith (October 18, 2011, 02:09 PM)
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Hahaha. A very droll and apposite comment.    :D

nosh:
Google has a tool for removing pages from their cache - https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/removals?pli=1

It worked pretty well when I tried it the first time, I don't recall exactly how many days later I checked but it wasn't very long before the links were gone. The catch is, the pages in question need to be non-existent/changed on the site of origin. To verify this, Google asks you to enter words that are in the cached page but no longer on the actual page.

(The header in the screenshot is slightly misleading, Google did remove the cached page but that doesn't go hand in hand with removing the page from the search results.)

The good part here is, the webmaster is not required for this. If the pages have changed or are down, anyone can make a cache takedown (more like update) request - that's the way it worked for me anyway.

Getting the search _results_ removed requires the server to return a 404 or 401 for the page. This is what most people who're unhappy with whatever, would be looking for (for the page to not show up on Google at all) and it's not easy without the site in question cooperating. If the webmaster just modifies the page on your request but the url is intact the hits still show up. Even after a successful cache takedown, the old page title persists in the search results.

If the info is still on the original site, Google will help, but you have to jump through a few hoops. I haven't had to take this route, thankfully - I'm sure they make quick exceptions for extreme cases like child porn or terrorism, but they don't make it easy (it's why they're still a leading search engine for novice pirates. :D )

[http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=164734]

PS - Thx wraith! :)

IainB:
@nosh: I find this all very Rumplestiltskin-esque.
You're not that black ash-covered man with an elder friend are you?

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