When a friend's name is entered in Google seach it brings up a court case he was involved wiht. He has tried contacting the webmaster of the site hosting the page, but no one manages the site anymore. He doesn't mind that it is on Google, but doesn't want it to be the first thing that comes up in a search under his name. Is it possible to remove the page or do something that keeps it from being at the top of the page? Any Ideas?
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Removing bad publicity about someone
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edmond06
, Feb 22 2006 01:20 PM
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jehochman
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Posted 22 February 2006 - 01:49 PM
You can't force somebody else's page out of the listings unless you have the ability to post material to the page (bwahahahaha). I am not going to teach you, or anybody else, the dark art of search engine sabotage.
I once had a problem with a [black hat SEO scum] who created a bunch of fake forums to slander famous SEO's, and me. An effective response was to put my name on pages at different domains, so the slanderous stuff would be buried deeper in the listings. Press releases, site credits pages, and forum/wiki user pages are all opportunities to get your name indexed to a page with content that you can control.
I once had a problem with a [black hat SEO scum] who created a bunch of fake forums to slander famous SEO's, and me. An effective response was to put my name on pages at different domains, so the slanderous stuff would be buried deeper in the listings. Press releases, site credits pages, and forum/wiki user pages are all opportunities to get your name indexed to a page with content that you can control.
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Posted 22 February 2006 - 02:07 PM
QUOTE(edmond06 @ Feb 22 2006, 11:20 AM)
When a friend's name is entered in Google seach it brings up a court case he was involved wiht. He has tried contacting the webmaster of the site hosting the page, but no one manages the site anymore. He doesn't mind that it is on Google, but doesn't want it to be the first thing that comes up in a search under his name. Is it possible to remove the page or do something that keeps it from being at the top of the page? Any Ideas?
You could create a website for your friend and SEO it so hopefully it will rank above the court case. Of course this would involve onpage and offpage SEO and the results are not guaranteed by any means. However it is probably not too competitive of a keyword
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Posted 22 February 2006 - 02:41 PM
The best option is to create several Web sites that rise above it in rankings and torpedo the visibility of the undesirable page. This is quite easy to do for personal names for non-celebrities. But once people start mentioning you on their Web sites, it becomes more difficult -- especially if they are linking out to specific pages about you.
I would create an official Web site for the gentleman that offers his point of view and then see about getting some feature articles about him published on prominent Web sites with a lot of credibility.
It will take time.
I would create an official Web site for the gentleman that offers his point of view and then see about getting some feature articles about him published on prominent Web sites with a lot of credibility.
It will take time.
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Posted 23 February 2006 - 07:25 AM
A lot depends on the outcome of the court case...
(and whether the page in question reflects what happened accurately)
If your friend was absolved of any blame/guilt whatsoever, then he CAN (in some countries) force the ISP hosting the site with the bad page to remove the account (PROVIDING the page does NOT hold a TRUE account of the proceedings - i.e. if the page is libellous). All you need is the I.P. address of the site which is very easy to find, from there you can find the ISP that holds that I.P.
However, if your friend was NOT absolved, or was found guilty, whatever, then he hasn't a leg to stand on providing the bad page is telling the absolute truth.
(and whether the page in question reflects what happened accurately)
If your friend was absolved of any blame/guilt whatsoever, then he CAN (in some countries) force the ISP hosting the site with the bad page to remove the account (PROVIDING the page does NOT hold a TRUE account of the proceedings - i.e. if the page is libellous). All you need is the I.P. address of the site which is very easy to find, from there you can find the ISP that holds that I.P.
However, if your friend was NOT absolved, or was found guilty, whatever, then he hasn't a leg to stand on providing the bad page is telling the absolute truth.
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