You were never charged. You were cleared. So why is Google still treating you like you’re guilty?
It’s one of the most brutal things we see. Someone gets accused of something — maybe it hits local news, or someone posts about it online — and even when the whole thing blows over, gets dropped, or turns out to be total rubbish… the internet still keeps it alive.
You’ve done everything right. You’ve moved on. Maybe you were never even involved. But Google didn’t get the memo. That article, that forum post, that comment thread? Still sitting there, attached to your name.
It’s unfair. It’s damaging. And it’s fixable.
At ReputationAce.co.uk, this is one of the biggest reasons people come to us. They’re not trying to hide the truth — they’re trying to stop a lie from defining their life.
The problem is, Google doesn’t update like the real world does
Your case gets dropped. The truth comes out. People forget. But Google? It still shows that first article. That early report. That one headline. And in a world where search = reputation, that result hits you like a punch every time someone types your name.
It doesn’t matter what actually happened. If someone sees the word “accused” next to your name — even in a five-year-old article — they make a judgment. Job interviews turn cold. Clients ghost you. Family members ask questions they shouldn’t have to.
It’s like serving a life sentence for something you never did.
Here’s what we do when the accusations were false (but still visible)
The first thing we do is assess where the content lives. If it’s on a UK news site, even a regional one, we’ve got legal angles to work with. GDPR, Data Protection Act, Right to Erasure — if the article is no longer relevant or is actively harming your life (which it probably is), we can request full takedown. And we know how to push it.
Sometimes, we don’t even go legal. We just go smart. We’ve worked with journalists and editors who, once we present the full picture and the aftermath, agree to pull or update the piece. Quietly. No drama. No attention.
And if we can’t delete it? We bury it. Hard.
We create content under your name — solid, professional, search-friendly content — and push it up the rankings. That old article? It drops. Page two. Page five. Gone from view. Out of sight. Out of mind. That’s where it should’ve been in the first place.
But what if it wasn’t even “news”?
Sometimes, it’s not a newspaper. It’s a forum. A comment. A Reddit thread. A tweet. A dodgy blog post. Some anonymous internet weirdo trying to stir the pot. We’ve had those removed too — with platform appeals, privacy claims, and direct contact with site admins.
And when that fails? Same story. We outrank them. We suffocate them. We make sure your name doesn’t live in their version of reality.
You don’t owe the internet your shame — especially when you’ve got nothing to be ashamed of
You’ve done the hard part. You got through it. You kept going. What you don’t have to do is live in fear of what someone might find when they look you up.
People say, “It’s just the internet.” Nah — it’s your name. Your future. Your income. Your family. And we’re not letting Google ruin that.
If you’ve been falsely accused, misrepresented, or dragged through the dirt for something you didn’t do — and you’re still seeing it online — we’re your next call.
📞 0800 088 5506
📩 info@reputationace.co.uk
🌍 www.ReputationAce.co.uk
We don’t just clean it up. We fight for the version of you that actually exists.