Posted by:
elderolddog
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Date: November 16, 2016 11:03PM
The phrase, "They are suing me..." is very open ended. Has a lawsuit been filed? Or are they just threatening, with the carrot extended, "get rid of it all, and we're good..."?
If the lawsuit is filed, the plaintiff(s) will probably want more than just retraction.
When you refer to Google Cache, do you mean that it still shows up in a google search? Or are you referring to it being cached on an independent site?
As far as Google goes, this seems to cover it:
I control the web page
If the content is on a website that you control, or is managed by an account that you control (for example, in your Blogger page), or you are the verified site owner in Google Search Console, here is how to remove your content from Google Search results.
Temporarily hide information from Google Search by filing a URL removal request. This takes effect in about a day, but it is only temporary (after about 90 days it will reappear in search results). You must take the additional steps described next to remove it from Google Search results permanently. You must be a verified site owner of the page in Search Console to do this. We recommend removing the page from both search results and the cache in your request.
Permanently remove information from Google Search results. To permanently remove your page or file from Google Search:
Block access to it, as described in Get information off the web.
OR
Add a noindex tag or header to your page. Important: When using this method, be sure that your page is not blocked by a robots.txt file.
OR
Remove an image from search results using robots.txt to block either the image or the page that hosts it. Again, this is to remove only an image; not the entire page, from search results. If you use robots.txt it is possible for the page, but not the image, to appear in search results. To block the hosting page from search results, you must use one of the other two techniques mentioned previously.
[Optional] Remove or limit access to your information. See Get information off the web. If you don’t do this, users with a link can still access your content. This also prevents your information from appearing in a search engine that might not respect robots.txt or noindex, or from being linked to by a website.
If the information no longer exists (to remove cached results) file a URL removal request.
ETA: oops! forgot to put in the URL:
https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=enEdited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/2016 11:31PM by elderolddog.