Here is a list of reasons why your request might be denied for snippet removal, refresh outdated content, search result removal, or SafeSearch label.
Snippet removal/Remove outdated content
Snippet removal or refresh outdated content requests are submitted using the Refresh Outdated Content tool for websites that you don't own, or the Removals tool for websites that you do own. Here are the various reasons why your request might have been denied:
- Outdated content not in index
- The text or image that you described in your refresh outdated content request does not seem to be present in Google's copy, so it seems that the outdated content is already gone from our index and results. No need to do anything more.
- Page not indexed
- The page for which you requested a snippet removal does not appear in our search results at all. No need to do anything more.
- Content still on page
- The text or image that you described in your refresh outdated content request is still present on the live page. Contact the webmaster and ask them to remove the content, then you can submit another request, if necessary. Requests to the Refresh Outdated Content tool can succeed only when the content is changed or no longer available.
- Duplicate request
- The refresh outdated content request that you submitted for this URL is still in progress; no need to submit a new request for the same URL before an existing request is fulfilled.
- Incorrect URL format
- The URL(s) you submitted were in the wrong format. Enter the URL of the page or image in the required format and resubmit a request.
- Unspecified
- Your removal request could not be fulfilled for another reason; we don't have any more details--sorry.
Search result removal
Refresh outdated content or temporary removal requests are submitted using either the Refresh Outdated Content tool for websites that you don't own, or the Removals tool for websites that you do own. Here are the various reasons why your result removal request might have been denied.
- Page not indexed
- You requested that a page be removed from our results, but it's already gone! No need to do anything more.
- Page not removed
- You requested that a non-functional page be removed from search results, but the page still exists, and is accessible by Google. Requests to the Refresh Outdated Content tool can succeed only when the page is no longer available.
- Unspecified
- Your search result removal request could not be fulfilled for another reason; we don't have any more details--sorry.
SafeSearch labeling
Here are reasons why your request to label a page as containing adult content might have been denied:
