Dismissed does not mean invisible
A Alberta executive's name returned a 2019 court reporting URL on position two, above his firm's bio. Charges were dropped but the headline never changed.
Board members googled him before every quarterly meeting. The snippet implied guilt despite public record of dismissal.
Legal requests layered with publisher outreach
We submitted Google Search Removal requests citing outdated personal information tied to the dismissed matter. Separately, Negative News Removal asked the outlet for an outcome update.
A gossip blog reposted the original story with his corporate headshot scraped without license. DMCA Takedown Services removed the image and weakened that URL's relevance.
Branded SERP six weeks later
Court story dropped to page three while LinkedIn, firm site, and speaking appearances reclaimed top spots. No new negative URLs appeared during ninety-day monitoring.
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