How to check if a delisted link is still in google.com results
A delisting request marked processed does not prove a URL has left google.com. Verification means searching the exact URL, then searching the terms it used to rank for, because a URL can be removed for one query and still return for another depending on which request was granted.
Left up, 90 exposed copies work out to an estimated $526 a month in diverted subscriptions. Estimate, not a measurement: it assumes 0.45 diverted subscribers per exposed post at an average subscription price of $12.99. Your number depends on your pricing and audience.
Removal route for google.com
Resolved live · no account · nothing uploaded
google.com is an index, not a host. Delisting is the whole route.
1 · Curated host route— silent.No host_handlers row for google.com.
2 · RDAP abuse contact— silent.rdap.org returns no RDAP service for the .com registry. Probed 2026-09-04.
3 · Fallback address— resolves.abuse@google.com — the address the resolver falls back to. It may not be monitored.
4 · Network and search— resolves.Delisting is the route here — the index holds the result, not the file.
What happens to what you type: nothing. The domain is matched against openDMCA's routing table in your browser. No request is made to google.com, no page is fetched, and the text is not stored or sent anywhere.
Removal route demo for google.com, still-live job.
Step by step
Search the exact URL as its own query. Query the full URL on google.com. A result means the index still holds it, whatever the request status says, and that is the only direct evidence available from outside.
Search the term it ranked for. Run your stage name and the other queries that surfaced the page. A URL removed against one request can still return for a different query, and the name search is the one that matters.
Check image results as a separate index. Image results on google.com are a different index with a different removal queue. A cleared web result with a live thumbnail still surfaces for a name.
Re-check after a few days rather than once. Removals propagate unevenly and a single check can catch a partial state. A second check days later distinguishes a slow removal from one that was not granted.
Record the result against the request. Note which request each verified URL belongs to. Without that link there is no way to tell which of several filings produced the change, and that is what informs the next one.
How openDMCA verifies a google.com removal instead of assuming it
A submitted request and a removed result are separate facts. openDMCA re-checks submitted URLs against google.com on an hourly schedule and records whether the URL is genuinely absent, marking the leak as verified through search rather than inferring it from a request receipt.
That verification is what makes a takedown report meaningful. Counting submitted requests measures activity; counting verified absences measures the thing a creator actually asked for.
openDMCA gives the first two hops away: you can open verify one URL yourself and run it on a URL of your own, with no account and nothing uploaded.
One thing that catches people out on google.com
openDMCA re-checks delisting submissions against google.com hourly and records a separate verified-through-search state on the leak, rather than closing it when the request is accepted. The gap between those two states is where every optimistic takedown report lives: accepted requests are trivially countable, and absences from the index are the only number that describes what a visitor sees.
Frequently asked questions
My request was processed but the result is still there.
Processed means assessed, not necessarily granted, and a grant can be narrower than the request. Searching the exact URL is the only direct check available from outside.
Why does it still appear for my name but not for the URL?
Removals can be granted against specific queries. A URL absent when searched directly and present under a name search is a partial result that needs its own follow-up.
How long should I wait before re-checking?
openDMCA publishes no fixed timeline. Checking after a few days and again later separates slow propagation from a request that was not granted.
Check one URL yourself before you assume it is gone — free, no account.