How to Suppress or Remove Damaging Articles from The Times in UK Google Results

The Times plays a different game. It doesn’t shout with scandal like The Sun or flood Google with clickbait like MailOnline.
It whispers — with authority. And when it names you in one of its reports, that reputation hit is surgical.

People don’t even question it.
They just see your name in The Times and assume:

“It must be true.”

This article shows you exactly how to get your name off Page 1 when The Times puts you in the spotlight — unfairly, inaccurately, or unnecessarily.

🎯 Why The Times Cuts So Deep

The danger with The Times is that it doesn’t look like “bad press.”
It looks like journalism. That’s the trap.

They use formal language and structure
Their articles are often behind paywalls — but still indexed by Google
The domain authority is sky-high
They’re treated by search engines as fact-based and neutral, even when they’re not

So what does that mean?

Even if you’re only mentioned briefly — even if the case is resolved, or you’re not the subject of the story — it sticks to you in search like it’s your legacy.

And let’s be honest:
The Times won’t delete your name just because it’s hurting your future.

🔍 Real Scenarios We Handle

You’d be shocked how many “serious” reputations get ruined by something small:

A quote taken out of context during a company legal dispute
Being listed as an “advisor” to a controversial group
A mention in an investigative article you were never part of
A court report where charges were dropped — but still logged forever

Clients come to us saying:

“It’s technically accurate, but it doesn’t reflect who I am.”
“I’m being defined by something that’s over.”
“I can’t even explain it without making it worse.”

We get it. And we fix it.

⚖️ Why You Can’t Talk Your Way Out of a Times Article

Forget asking The Times nicely.
They won’t change the headline.
They won’t redact your name.
And they certainly won’t take the article down — even if it’s costing you your career.

The only way forward is technical suppression and legal leverage.
That’s where Reputation Ace steps in.

🛠 Here’s What We Actually Do (Step-by-Step)

1. Assess How Deep the Article Has Penetrated

We start with:

Google UK search results
Google News and Image tabs
Browser auto-suggestions
PDF/indexing mirrors
Archive sites like Wayback or Archive.today

This tells us how saturated your name is and what parts of the internet are propping it up.

2. Trigger Google’s De-Indexing Mechanism with a GDPR Argument

The Times is nearly impossible to remove at source, so we go above them — to Google.

Using Article 17 of the UK GDPR, we can argue:

The information is no longer relevant
It disproportionately affects your life
You are not a public figure
Your name doesn’t need to be indexed in association with that article

We build a legal-style case, with documentation if needed, and submit it to Google for UK-only de-indexing.

This works. We’ve done it dozens of times.

3. If Google Won’t Remove It — We Outrank It

Suppression isn’t about hiding. It’s about replacing.

We flood Page 1 with content that’s:

Clean
Positive
Google-trusted
Built around your exact name, job, or business
Hosted on high-authority domains, not junk sites

This includes:

Company profiles
Press features
Personal bios
LinkedIn SEO
Third-party media
Newsjacking (where we place you in trending content)

We don’t just bury bad links — we rewrite your Google history.

4. Ongoing Surveillance: We Don’t Let It Resurface

The Times gets archived, quoted, and re-uploaded in the strangest places.

So once we clean up your presence, we stay on it:

Monitoring Google
Catching new backlinks to the story
Removing duplicates or scraped versions
Making sure your positive content stays dominant

Reputation management isn’t a sprint. It’s a war of attrition — and we win it by outlasting the algorithm.

🧠 Real Case: CEO Smeared by Association

Client: UK fintech CEO
Problem: The Times published an article on a fraud investigation involving someone who briefly worked at a company the CEO used to own. No wrongdoing, no charges — but the article listed the CEO’s name for “historical context.”

Search Result: “[Name] fraud” autocomplete. Article at #2 on Google.

We:

Submitted a GDPR Right to Be Forgotten application
Had the article de-indexed for his name in Google UK
Flooded Page 1 with interviews, awards, company achievements
Created an expert blog series with his byline to secure domain authority

Now?
Google shows thought leadership, not scandal.

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