Webmasters control websites and the content on them.
If you've found something on the Web that you'd like to have removed, you need to contact whoever controls that content. Most often, this means that you need to contact the webmaster of the page and ask them to take down the content in question. Even if you found the objectionable content using Google, Google doesn't have control over the sites we list in our search results.
How to contact a webmaster
There are several ways to contact the webmaster of a site:
- Find a 'Contact us' link or an email address for the webmaster on the site itself. This information is often easiest to find from the site's homepage.
- Look up a site's webmaster information using a special search called a 'Whois' ("who is?") search. You can perform a Whois search using Google: just search for [ whois www.example.com ]. The result is sometimes a little messy, but you'll probably be able to find an email address.
- If you're unable to reach the webmaster, try contacting the site's hosting company, also usually listed in the Whois result.
If the webmaster has already made the changes you requested to a site that appears in our search results, you can request that we remove outdated information by submitting a webpage removal request.
