As a matter of interest
Do Google (and others) publish a list of accepted and rejected requests for removal? I think they should.
Amid the growing number of demands by netizens for Google to remove their out-of-date information under the controversial "right to be forgotten" ruling, it seems other search engines are keen to remind us not to forget them, too. Earlier this year the EU's Court of Justice ruled that individuals have a "right to be forgotten …
Erm frank ly, wouldn't that be kind of opposite to the idea of the right to be forgotten?
Random Person: Goolge please remove this xxx.xxx
Google: Sure it is your right to be forgotton!
Random Person: Erm... Google why are my details up on this page stating what you removed? It is my right to be forgotten.
Google: Well we have to keep people updated on what we removed.
Create a search engine that shows only Google's deleted links*. It would have to be off-shored of course but would be more likely to turn up interesting if not useful information than the major Search Engines.
* OK mustn't forget Bing & Yahoo. Maybe they could sponsor their banned links - you know, at the top and down the rhs. Could form a useful revenue base.
Sometimes I use Bing or DuckDuckGo. Not because of fear of Google, but because Google search is becoming glitchy. I would enter a search term, and it would take half a minute for Google to respond. And their search results page has become bloated with advertisements for their other services.
If my device is showing icons for alternatives, and I don't feel like risking a wait, then I'll click on one of them. So far, DuckDuckGo and Bing have been nice and speedy, and relevant enough for the searches that I've been doing.
I have not seen any Google slowness in Utah. On the other hand, since making DuckDuckGo my default search engine I notice that it is noticeably slower than Google in addition to producing less satisfactory results. Not by much in either area, but I may revert to Google.