/ May 31, 2026
After an acquisition, search work redirects deprecated domains where appropriate, updates Wikipedia and Knowledge Panel for the new ownership, refreshes authoritative profiles, and produces canonical content tied to the parent.
Read the story : How do you manage search results for a company that has been acquired?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Pay-for-removal and extortion sites are addressed through legitimate takedown channels, legal escalation under defamation and extortion law where applicable, authoritative content displacement, and continuous monitoring of related variants.
Read the story : How do you handle pay-for-removal or extortion sites in search results?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Rebranding search work covers Wikipedia and Wikidata updates, redirected legacy domains, refreshed Knowledge Panel signals, refreshed directories, and proactive content covering the transition so AI engines pick up the new identity.
Read the story : How do you manage search results for a company undergoing a rebranding?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Multi-generational family business reputation work coordinates entity signals across each generation and each operating company, manages distinct Person and Organization entities, and handles confidentiality across the family structure.
Read the story : How do you manage search results for a multi-generational family business?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Anonymous-source negative content is addressed through factual public statements where appropriate, platform engagement on policy violations, sustained authoritative counter-content, and source-level monitoring for connected attacks.
Read the story : How do you handle negative content from anonymous sources in search results?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Confirmation processes – Senate, regulatory, board – now include digital diligence by staff and committee researchers.
Read the story : How do you manage search results during an executive’s confirmation process?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Spinoff search work redirects affected legacy URLs, updates Wikipedia and Wikidata for both entities, refreshes Knowledge Panel signals, and produces clear canonical content distinguishing the two going forward.
Read the story : How do you manage search results for a company that has spun off a division?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Same-name negative results require entity-disambiguation signals – Person schema with distinct biographical anchors, authoritative content, sameAs links to verified profiles – so search and AI separate the client from the other person.
Read the story : How do you handle negative search results caused by someone with the same name?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Factual errors in articles are addressed by submitting correction requests through the outlet’s editorial process – most respectable outlets do correct documented errors – plus authoritative counter-content where corrections are not possible.
Read the story : How do you handle news articles that contain factual errors about your company?↗
/ May 31, 2026
Google News removal is mostly limited to source-level work with the publisher. Standard Google web results have a wider set of channels – defamation, outdated content, RTBF in the EU and UK – but neither path is broadly available.
Read the story : Is it possible to remove Google News results or only web results?↗