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Remove Negative Articles from Google

Remove negative articles from Google search results when they're false, defamatory, or outdated, or push them down with credible positive coverage.

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When your name brings up the wrong results

Clients, investors, partners, and employers search your name or your company before they work with you. A negative article on the first page of Google can undo years of work, even when the story is false, outdated, or one-sided.

Two ways we fix negative search results

1. Legal removal

When an article contains false statements of fact, defamation, or private information, we prepare a documented legal request to have the content removed from Google's results or taken down by the publisher. For removals, you only pay once the content is removed.

2. Suppression with positive coverage

When content can't be removed, we push it down. As a PR agency, we earn credible features about you or your company in respected publications, and those results take the top spots in Google, so the negative article moves to page two or beyond, where few people look.

How the process works

  1. Free assessment. Send us the search results and articles you want gone.
  2. Strategy. We tell you which content qualifies for legal removal and which needs suppression.
  3. Execution. We file the legal requests and build the positive coverage plan.
  4. Results. Removed content is gone from search results; suppressed content drops down as new coverage ranks.

What we can help with

  • Defamatory or false news articles and blog posts.
  • Outdated stories that no longer reflect reality.
  • Pages that expose private or personal information.
  • Negative results on page one for your name or brand.

Dealing with reviews too? See our negative review removal service for Google, Yelp, Glassdoor, and Trustpilot.

FAQ

Before you book.

Can you remove a news article from Google?

Yes, when the article is false, defamatory, or exposes private information. When it can't legally be removed, we push it down with positive coverage.

How much does it cost to remove a negative article?

For legal removals, you only pay once the content is removed. Suppression campaigns are quoted after the free assessment.

How long does it take?

Legal removals typically take about one week. Suppression takes longer because new coverage needs time to rank.

Take back the first page of Google.

Send us the results you want gone. We'll tell you what can be removed and what we'll push down, for free.

Get a free assessment

Or email contact@classymediapr.com