From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: December 14, 2007
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: How do I remove my name from Google?
>
> Leo,
> You have probably been asked this before, but How do I remove my name
> from search engines, particularly Google? You say that I need to
> request it from the owner of the site to remove it. How do I find out
> you owns the site? This is a newspaper ariticle. Do I contact them?
> Can you give me hints and specific instructions of how to do this?
This article covers that:
http://ask-leo.com/how_do_i_remove_myself_from_the_search_engines.html
Yes, you must contact the site owners, and no, it's not always easy
to tell who they are. That's one reason I consider it a lost cause.
In the case of a newspaper site, the answer is pretty clear though:
contact the newspaper.
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Thanks for asking,
Leo Notenboom
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