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How Does Optery's Google Search Results Scan Work?

When performing data broker removals, the two best tools for finding profiles that need to be removed are:

(a) the free Optery Exposure Report
and
(b) Google searches for your name, email address, phone number, and home address.

Optery has recently begun offering a new feature in alpha that automatically scans your own Google Search results, and incorporates the resulting screenshots in your Optery Dashboard and Exposure Reports. This feature helps you, and us, find more exposed profile information that needs to be removed

This is a new feature currently in Alpha. What this means is we are actively testing this new feature, working to improve its performance and the feature is a work in progress. Additionally, Optery reserves the right to discontinue this feature at any time, without notice and at our full discretion.

How Does It Work?



Name: Optery will search for your name in Google and will produce a screenshot of a result page

Email: Optery will search for your email in Google and will produce a screenshot of a result page

Phone: Optery will search for your phone number in Google and will produce a screenshot of the result page

Address: Optery will search for your address in Google and will produce a screenshot of the result page

Where Can I See The Results?



Click on the image thumbnails underneath where it says "GOOGLE SEARCH RESULTS"

Google Search Results in Optery Dashboard



If your information has already been removed from a data broker, but the link and your personal info is still being displayed in Google's cached results listings, you can have the information removed using Google's Outdated Content Removal tool. Learn how Optery's Ultimate Plan removes outdated links to data brokers from the Google search results caching using the Google Remove Outdated Content Tool.

Updated on: 29/08/2023

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