New Removals report in Search Console

[MisterF]

This really could be used to hit competing sites, I'd have thought; Remove Outdated Content tool, which can be used by anyone (not just site owners)

Details here;

https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2020/01/new-removals-report-in-search-console.html?

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Outdated content
The outdated content section provides information on removal requests made through the public Remove Outdated Content tool, which can be used by anyone (not just site owners) to update search results showing information that is no longer present on a page.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.

 

[Nut-Nights]

Oh boy, reputation management service providers going to feel this.

 

[the gent]

made through the public Remove Outdated Content tool, which can be used by anyone (not just site owners)

Shit, it will give competitors a chance to hit your money article for six months, well shit gonna be a bloody mass out there

 

[rafark]

Shit, it will give competitors a chance to hit your money article for six months, well shit gonna be a bloody mass out there

Wasn't specified, but I bet it requires to be verified by google before taking it down?

On another note, old content is not necessarily bad. I don't understand this obsession with fresh content. Not all sites are news outlets.

 

[the gent]

On another note, old content is not necessarily bad.

That's the point of it, targeting competitors old ranked and established money article as an "old content"

 

[GrizzlyBeardMan]

Google creating a Black Hat / Negative SEO tool, that's just great.

Anyone doing some tests on this Outdated Content tool?