Method, architecture and platform for content takedown on the internet

A method of providing search results, comprising:

• obtaining search results;
• determining whether one or more of the obtained search results support take-down functionality, the determining including determining whether a content provider of a particular search result implements take-down functionality;
• appending an indicator to the one or more of the search results that support take-down functionality, the appending including adding an additional text string to a hyperlink pointing to the one or more search results;
• and
• providing the search results to a client with the appended indicator corresponding to those search results that support take-down functionality, wherein
• the additional text string is a hyperlink to a preview page including
• an area displaying at least a portion of content identified by the hyperlink pointing to the one or more search results, and
• a hyperlink to a take-down page associated with the content provider that is providing the one or more search results.

A method of servicing a take-down request, comprising:

• presenting a collection of identifiers of content to a client;
• receiving a first take-down request from the client, the first take-down request identifying one or more of the identifiers having been presented;
• generating a second take-down request based on the first take-down request;
• transmitting the second take-down request to a provider of the content identified by the first take-down request, and
• scheduling of re-crawling of a website hosting the content identified by the first take-down request.

A system for providing search results, comprising

• a processor receiving a query from a client;
• a database storing information searchable in response to said query;
• and
• a crawler updating said information in said database, wherein
• the processor
• obtains search results from the database,
• determines whether one or more of the obtained search results support take-down functionality, the determination including determining whether a content provider of a particular search result implements take-down functionality,
• appends an indicator including a graphical icon to a hyperlink pointing to the one or more search results, and
• provides the search results to the client with an identification of those results that support take-down functionality, and
• the graphical icon is a hyperlink to a preview page including an area displaying at least a portion of content identified by the hyperlink pointing to the one or more search results, and a hyperlink to a take-down page associated with the content provider that is providing the one or more search results.