Content Removal

The Consequences of Erroneous or Defamatory Content.

Erroneous and negative content online causes serious financial and intangible losses for an affected company or individual. For a business, it’s difficult to quantify the lost revenue from prospective clients or partners who search you online, and then decide not to do business with you. For an individual, the perception that you are unreliable or fraudulent may mean a lost career or compromised opportunity set which makes personal reputation management pivotal.

Defamatory content contains false or misleading statements that damage a reputation. Erroneous content also includes incomplete or inaccurate information. Nonetheless, the potential consequences are equally severe. One prominently displayed red flag can alienate existing as well as prospective clients. This may discourage them from doing business with you or even cause them to select a competitor with a better perceived reputation. The majority of content found online is not original, which means it was copied or paraphrased from a third-party website. The consequences of not addressing false or inaccurate information about your business can adversely impact your reputation. For example, an article highlighting a legal proceeding that is now closed may be syndicated or reposted by affiliate websites automatically.

Negative content erodes trust and can compromise precious strategic partnerships that you have built over the years. Perception is reality on the internet. Ask yourself: What are the people in your network going to think when they read that you have “dissatisfied and angry customers” or that you or your company is “involved in a legal dispute”? Would they want to be associated with you any longer? Therefore, removing negative reviews and content is very crucial in maintaining your online brand reputation.

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What Places Can Undesired Content Be Removed From?

In theory, it is possible to remove negative reviews and undesirable content from anywhere provided that the content originator, hosting company, or webmaster in question can be identified. Under the current state of internet law, websites and hosting providers don’t have to act if content is allegedly defamatory. Defamation is a precisely defined legal term and is usually evaluated in tandem with one’s right to free speech. The content in question needs to contain false or defamatory information which causes a reputation risk for the company for a court to validate the claim.

There are four elements to defamatory content:

The following is a list of places where we managed to have content removed for our clients in the past:

What Is Content Removal?

There is no bulletproof way of protecting yourself and your business against detrimental content, particularly when it originates from a source that you can’t control. The only option you have is to try to remove the negative content in question by applying one or more of the four following methods:

Auto Suggestion Removals

When you enter your business’s name into Google search, the search engine will generate auto suggestions. These suggestions can be disastrous for an individual or company, especially when they highlight false or negative information. As such, it is critical to remove them as soon as possible through online reputation management for lawyers or any other service. Blue Global Ocean Technology provides an auto-suggestion removal service for unwanted suggestions that adversely influence an internet user’s opinion. We replace negative suggestions with positive ones that present your business in a representative light.