Thursday, 10 July 2014

Google Notifying Publishers For Right To Be Forgotten Removals

Now that Google has been removing results from the European versions of Google in response to the EU’s Right To Be Forgotten requirements, many webmasters are now receiving notifications of these removals.
Last night, around 10 p.m. EST, I received a notification for a site I have verified Webmaster Tools access from. The notice read:
Notice of removal from Google Search We regret to inform you that we are no longer able to show the following pages from your website in response to certain searches on European versions of Google:
[example URL(s) go here]
For more information, see https://www.google.com/policies/faq/?hl=en
Here is a picture:

I am not the only one who received this notice. 
Other webmasters have shown examples of notices they received