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Comment from Bent on 2008-08-21

2008-08-21T19:25:19Z

Ok... So, I went ahead and signed up with www.zallas.com and the problem is gone. finally, after wasting my time with RemoveYourName people, who clearly posted their ficticious testimonial here up above. come on... Actually, the process with folks at zallas didn't seem simple either, but it worked. it took a while, I started seeing some articles show up after about 2 weeks and about 30-45 days it's now done. we have a 6 month contract, so I'm not sure what's gonna happen now, and I hope this will not come back. so I'll keep everyone posted here. Thanks for all the input!

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Comment from Luke on 2008-07-20

2008-07-20T19:49:11Z

Regarding "Mike's" post - we just ran into this blog as it is #2 when doing a search for our company; Cyberfootprnts is a brand that we branched off of our current Search Engine Marketing Company's operations; we helped many existing SEO customers with the service of link removal and we asked them to write testimonials for our new brand which deals solely with these issues - this is where many of our testimonials came from.

We are currently #3 in Google results for the keyword "Google Link Removal" at the moment, so I think those results speak for themselves as to our capabilities. As far as how long the process takes, it is a long and expensive process no different than Search Engine Marketing for any business which can run in the thousands - but instead we are marketing good publicity and yes as Mike said it can take months, there are no shortcuts here, and we cater to businesses and a high profile individuals who want professional results and to whom the process and cost makes the most sense for.

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Comment from peter on 2008-06-19

2008-06-20T00:38:58Z

but sometimes some webmasters need to do some experiments on one of them websites and didn't want visitors to reach for this website , any way i think that most intelligent search engine is Google (because google archive any website on the internet once you setup it without need to add it in search engine such as yahoo) , so if you want to remove your website from search engine , you can saw these useful links:
google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35303

google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=35302

google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35301&topic=13511

google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=508&topic=13511

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thank you leo, really your website contain alot of information..
http://www.fosdir.com

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Comment from Mike on 2008-04-30

2008-04-30T13:28:30Z

Make sure you do your research. I spoke with the CyberFootprints people. They say the process takes could take months. When you do a Whois search on them they have only been around for one month as of April 30th. The domain was registered on March 29th. "Jason's" post above is posted 4 days later. My spam radar is going off! Also, when you go to their site they have 9 "testimonials". If your process takes months and you have only existed for one month then how do you have 9 testimonials? Sounds weird to me.

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Comment from Jason Stanton on 2008-04-03

2008-04-04T03:14:15Z

I tried the Zallas company as well, they were way overpriced and not very responsive. Then I tried a company that I seen on the news Reputationdefender.com.... their package was fairly reasonable, tho i had a lot of issues trying to get content removed. I finally went to another company (Http://www.CyberFootprints.com) and although it cost a bit more than i originally wanted to spend they were able to remove the links.

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Comment from Todd meuir on 2007-12-02

2007-12-03T02:27:39Z

For those that truly want an end all to having their names removed from search engines all you have to do is contact a real hacker (lol I know one). Myself I actually get one hell of a joy out of seeing my name all over the web due to comments from some nasty skank bar whore. Lmao I used to put my own name on Girldontdatehim.com but now I am really a member and Im so happy. True player status lol

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Comment from Tim Reynolds on 2007-11-18

2007-11-18T15:17:54Z

I used this service - http://www.removeyourname.com/
They were the most affordable and professional service I found. They called me back within five minutes of my filling out their contact form. Zallas took over a week to call me back. By then my issue was already fixed by RemoveYourName.com. Good article

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Comment from Bent Cardan on 2007-11-03

2007-11-04T03:40:26Z

Good tip, Anthony

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Comment from Anthony on 2007-08-29

2007-08-29T17:51:29Z

I’ve tried the Google NAMEcleaner service above (http://www.zallas.com/remove-bad-search-engine-results-bad-press.html) and it successfully removed my company name from the first 17 pages or so (it’s changing almost daily…) from most of the search engines. Somehow, they all work similarly, but there are differences on ask.com for example… Basically, Leo, it pushes the results down so much, it’s just like removing the name from the search engines, so it kind of answers your question :). Sayonara

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-07-06

2007-07-06T18:20:24Z

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Look at the title to the article: "How do I remove myself from the search
engines?" You're right, I've not found an answer, because as the article
states, I don't believe there is one.

"Burying" your information lower in the search results is NOT the same as
removing it. Depending on the situation burying it may not be anywhere near
what people are looking for. For example, a dedicated stalker or private
investigator would almost certainly look past page three of the results.

So while burying might be enough for some people, it's most definitely not
enough for many.

And it's not the answer to the question that I was asked.

Leo

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Comment from Tarin on 2007-07-05

2007-07-05T18:30:08Z

Well, Leo, you're absolutely right, however you have not found another solution to this problem, have you?

My friend's girlfriend got into a big mess, which was aired on national TV. After that her name appeared in a few articles online and she was very embarassed to see that every time someone Googled her name... So, what's the solution for her??? Nothing that you proposed would help her... E-mail Google a dozen times - they are not going to remove the pages from the index... E-mail CNN, where the article shows, - they could care less...

I whitnessed this service "burry" the negative results far enough to the 3rd page, where no one even cares to look. She's happy, my friend is happy, everyone's happy... Isn't that the bottom line? You don't care if it's erased or not - you just don't want the embarassment... and if it doesn't show on the first page, 99% of the searchers will never find out about that article, website, or whatever it is.

Am I wrong? Tina, in the post above, has a similar problem with her phone number listed - I'm sure there's a similar solution for that...

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-06-30

2007-06-30T20:39:38Z

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That service does not do what the original question asked. It does not REMOVE
anything from the search engine.

If that service works, all it does is bury the information lower in search
results. It's still quite findable.

Leo

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Comment from Tarin on 2007-06-29

2007-06-29T18:48:52Z

Please let me know if this helps and I'd like to see if you guys have more feedback in regards to this problem... maybe other tools you'll discover?! Meanwhile, www.zallas.com seems to be the best solution...

Tarin

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Comment from Tarin on 2007-06-29

2007-06-29T18:37:22Z

I am very surprised that you guys haven't found the answer to this one... It's actually quite easy to remove your name or bad articles about yourself from Google and other search engines. There is a service that does it here: http://www.zallas.com/remove-bad-search-engine-results-bad-press.html

What they simply do is create a dozen of "good" pages about you to burry the bad results further down the listings (2nd page, 3rd page, etc.)... I've recommended this service to 2 companies already and it has worked! They guarantee the result for a fixed fee.

Again, I'm really surprised that you guys think you don't have a way to remove your name from the 1st page...

Good luck!

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Comment from George Arauz on 2007-05-05

2007-05-05T21:23:55Z

Great article. Helps me know we are all screwed if an ex girlfriend or friend wants to talk crap about you.

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Comment from phyllis apodaca on 2007-03-01

2007-03-01T23:47:56Z

Please help me get rid of Google, it has taken over Yahoo as my opening page I always have to go back to the history to bring Yahoo back, how do I get rid of Google?

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Comment from Leo Notenboom on 2007-02-22

2007-02-22T23:32:19Z

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Who is this "you" you think you're talking to?

This is Ask Leo! - not Google. I have no knowledge of you, what you're
doing or why you're posting this complaint on my web site.

And PLEASE read the article you've just commented on.

Leo
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Comment from Tina Nebuloni on 2007-02-22

2007-02-22T22:23:03Z

I did not post this information in Google you did.. you have my home listed as a hotel. This is really harassment as I get phone calls at all hours of the night wanting to book a sleeping room in my home. I am a home sales office for the Hyatt Hotel Corp in Chicago. PLease remove my home address in Chesterfield Missouri(that you have listed as a Hyatt hotel) from your web site!

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