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Tuesday, January 28, 2020
We're happy to announce that we're launching a new version of the
Removals report
in Search Console, which enables site owners to temporarily hide a page from appearing
in Google Search results. The new report also provides info on pages on your site that have been reported via other Google public tools.
There are different tools available for you to report and
remove information from Google, in this post we'll focus on three areas that will be part of the new Search Console report: temporary removals, outdated content and SafeSearch filtering requests.
Temporary removals
A temporary removal request is a way to remove specific content on your site from Google Search results. For example, if you have a URL that you need to take off Google Search quickly, you should use this tool. A successful request lasts about six months, which should be enough for you to find a permanent solution. You have two types of requests available:
Temporary remove URL will hide the URL from Google Search results for about six months and clear the cached copy of the page.
Clear cache URL clears the cached page and wipes out the page description snippet in Search results until the page is crawled again.
Outdated content
The outdated content section provides information on removal requests made through the public Remove Outdated Content tool, which can be used by anyone (not just site owners) to update search results showing information that is no longer present on a page.
SafeSearch filtering
The SafeSearch filtering section in Search Console shows a history of pages on your site that
were reported by Google users as adult content using the SafeSearch Suggestion tool. URLs
submitted using this tool are reviewed, and if Google feels that this content should be
filtered from SafeSearch results, these URLs are tagged as adult content.
We hope you will find the new report clearer and useful. As always, please let us know if you have any comments, questions or feedback either through the
Webmasters help community
or Twitter.
Posted by Tali Pruss, Search Console Software Engineer
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