What we remove · LinkedIn posts and profiles
Remove a LinkedIn post from Google
LinkedIn content ranks unusually well for a professional name, which is useful until the post is about you rather than by you.
What this covers
Every copy of it, not just the first one.
Posts, articles, comments and the profile pages of accounts that impersonate or misrepresent a person or company.
The route that works
How this one actually comes down.
LinkedIn's professional community policies cover harassment, misinformation and impersonation, and it enforces impersonation quickly because it undermines the platform's premise. A defamatory post by an identified professional is one of the few social cases where a legal notice is genuinely effective, because the poster has a reputation of their own to consider.
What we will not take money for
A former colleague's honest account of working with you is not removable.
The terms for this link
One published fee, whatever the platform. The removal window for forum and social threads starts at 28 days and is fixed in the engagement letter at signing, so a later change to our defaults cannot alter your case.
- i.Assessed in writing within 48 working hours, saying whether it can go and by which route.
- ii.Removed means the URL no longer appears in Google for the agreed search terms, checked from the UK, the US and one EU location on two days at least seven days apart.
- iii.If it is still there when the window closes, the fee is refunded in full within five working days. No deduction for work performed.
- iv.Monitored monthly for twelve months. If it returns at the same URL, we act again at no charge.
Questions
About this one specifically.
Can a fake profile using my name be removed?
Yes, and usually within days. Impersonation is the fastest report LinkedIn acts on.
Will the poster be told?
They are told the content breached a policy. They are not told who reported it.
Related
Also in forum and social threads.
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Remove a Reddit post from Google
A Reddit thread naming you can outrank everything else you have ever done. It is also one of the few places where the removal mechanism is written down and works.
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Remove an X post from Google
A post on X ranks for a name within hours and can stay indexed long after it is deleted.
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Most clients submit the link and pay in one sitting; assessment follows within 48 hours and the fee is refunded if the link cannot be removed. If you would rather ask first, the assessment is free and takes the same 48 hours.
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