How to do it yourself, free
Every one of these is the complete process with nothing held back, including the steps that make hiring us unnecessary. A guide that withholds the useful part to force a sale is worse than no guide — you would notice, and you would be right to.
Defend
How to report a Google review yourself, for free
Open your Google Business Profile, go to Reviews, find the review, click the three-dot menu and choose Report review.
20 minutes, plus 3 to 14 days waiting · Easy
How to remove your personal information from Google search
Use Google’s Results About You tool or the personal information removal request form.
1 to 2 hours, plus days to weeks waiting · Easy
How to flag a Trustpilot review and make them prove it
From your Trustpilot business account, open the review and click Flag, then select the guideline it breaches and explain why.
30 minutes, plus up to 3 weeks · Easy
How to respond to a negative review without making it worse
Reply publicly within a few days, address the reviewer by name, acknowledge the specific problem without disputing their experience, say what you have changed, and offer to continue the conversation privately with a direct contact.
15 minutes · Easy
How to file a DMCA takedown that actually gets actioned
Send a written notice to the host’s designated copyright agent containing six elements: your signature, identification of the copyrighted work, identification of the infringing material and its URL, your contact details, a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorised, and a statement under penalty of perjury that the information is accurate.
45 minutes per notice · Moderate
How to ask a publisher to unpublish an article
Contact the publication’s editor or corrections desk in writing, under their own published corrections or unpublishing policy, stating a specific factual error or a material change such as charges being dropped, with documentary evidence attached.
1 hour to draft, weeks to resolve · Hard
Verify
How to apply for Instagram legacy verification
Open Instagram, go to Settings, then Account type and tools, then Request verification.
2 hours to prepare, up to 30 days to hear back · Moderate
How to check your own notability
Count the sources that are significant, independent and reliable.
1 hour · Moderate
How to write a Wikipedia draft that survives review
Create a draft through Articles for Creation, write in neutral encyclopaedic tone with every claim supported by an inline citation to a reliable independent source, declare any paid or personal connection on your user page and the draft’s talk page, then submit for review.
10 to 20 hours, plus months in the queue · Hard
How to protect a handle you already own
Secure the recovery email first, because that is how most account takeovers happen.
90 minutes · Easy