Google Simplifies Removing Personal Info From Search Results via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

Google is introducing caller features that streamline removing idiosyncratic accusation from hunt results.

These updates include:

• A redesigned “Results astir you” hub
• A simplified removal petition process
• An enactment to refresh outdated hunt results.

Redesigned “Results About You” Page

Google has updated its Results About You tool.

Now, it proactively searches for idiosyncratic accusation and alerts you if it finds any.

When you get this alert, you tin inquire Google to region the accusation oregon interaction the website directly.

The caller interface is designed to marque it easier for users to motion up for and negociate alerts astir their idiosyncratic data.

Simplified Removal Process

Google is introducing a streamlined removal process that simplifies the steps needed to record a takedown request.

When you find a hunt effect that contains your idiosyncratic information, you tin click connected the three-dot paper adjacent to that effect to entree an updated panel.

This sheet clarifies the types of contented that suffice for removal and guides you done the petition process.

Image Credit: Google

Image Credit: Google

Image Credit: Google

Easier Refreshes For Outdated Results

Google is rolling retired an update that addresses outdated hunt results.

Sometimes, a webpage’s contented whitethorn nary longer lucifer what appears connected Google if the webpage has been edited oregon removed.

Google present offers the quality to petition a refresh of circumstantial hunt results, prompting its systems to recrawl the webpage.

Previously, you had to hold for Google’s regular crawling docket to announcement immoderate changes, which could instrumentality weeks.

Now, you tin click the 3 dots adjacent to an outdated hunt effect and petition a refresh. Google’s systems volition past recrawl the leafage to retrieve the latest information.

Looking Ahead

Google’s latest update responds to the request for amended privateness controls arsenic much radical interest astir their idiosyncratic accusation online. This alteration besides shows that Google is adapting to regulatory unit to support idiosyncratic data.

It’s important to enactment that these features lone impact Google’s hunt results. They bash not impact however your idiosyncratic accusation appears connected different hunt engines and websites.

For much details, spot Google’s announcement.

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SEJ STAFF Matt G. Southern Senior News Writer astatine Search Engine Journal

Matt G. Southern, Senior News Writer, has been with Search Engine Journal since 2013. With a bachelor’s grade successful communications, ...