Can I request A Page To Be Removed From The SERPS?

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by Dee2007, May 3, 2012.

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    Hi

    One of my competitors took one of my articles and placed in on their site but did not include credit to me, this is clearly laid out in the article sites T & C's.

    I contacted the site owner and asked them to either include credit to me or remove the article immediately. I have had to reply to my email but I checked the site and the page containing the article "APPEARS" to has been removed. However this page still ranks number two in google for the two main keywords, when you click on the link in the serps the page containing the article still loads for a few seconds and then redirects to another page.

    My question is there a way I can ask Google to remove this page from their search results? Otherwise they are still benefiting from my work?

    Thanks in advance

    Dee
     
    Dee2007, May 3, 2012 IP
  2. lothos

    lothos Member

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    I believe google will eventually remove the result if the page no longer exists. If not, you can send a DMCA notice.
     
    lothos, May 3, 2012 IP
  3. cameronpalte

    cameronpalte Active Member

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    Google will eventually remove it. You can speed this process up by letting them know. Also, ask the site owner to fully delete the page.
     
    cameronpalte, May 3, 2012 IP
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    Google actually has a form specifically for this purpose. I can't post the link but search "Google DMCA" select "web search" and then "A piece of content I am concerned about has already been removed by the webmaster but still appears among the search results"
     
    omgcats, May 14, 2012 IP