Anyone who has ever typed their own name into Google will understand the fear of finding personal information you never intended to be available to a wider audience. However, thankfully, Google offers a decent tool designed to help you remove that information from Search results. And now, that tool has got even better.
Google Updates Its Results About You Tool
As announced in a post on The Keyword, Google has redesigned its Results About You tool, making it easier to sign up to use it, and to request removals from Google Search. Google will also monitor results for you, saving you the trouble of having to do so yourself, and will recrawl pages to obtain the latest information when what’s online is out of date.
Results About You is a longstanding tool designed to help anyone have results containing personal information removed from Google Search. Anyone can sign up to use Results About You, but the more of a presence you have online, the more likely it is that you’ll need it.
Google has now redesigned the tool, with the intention of making it easier than ever to use. The main improvements appear to be:
- A new hub which makes it easier than ever to sign up to use Results About You.
- An updated way of requesting removals, with the option to do so from the three-dot menu next to results.
- The option to request a refresh of information when you want an outdated search result to be updated.
While these may not sound like huge improvements, they all aid in helping individuals manage their online presence. And that is somewhat invaluable. Especially for those of us who work online, and have done for many years. So, if this redesign encourages more people to use the tool, it should be welcomed.
More People Should Use Results About You
More people should probably sign up to take advantage of Google’s Results About You tool. After all, the amount of information (including personal information) about every one of us that can be found online can be rather unsettling. Thankfully, having at least some of it removed is now just a few clicks away.
To get started with Google’s Results About You tool, visit the Results About You hub and sign into your Google account. Then, just follow the simple instructions to regain at least some control over your online privacy.
