If you searched your VIN in Google and came across PLC, it was most likely in one of two forms: a result with a plc.ua address, or a picture of your car in Google Images. This article looks at PLC from Google’s side — which addresses come up, which of the two PLC orders reaches which result, what happens in what order once a page is taken down, and what it means when something is still visible afterwards.
Two kinds of result for one VIN
A search for a VIN can show your car in two places, and they do not behave the same way:
- Web results. A title, an address and a few lines of text that lead to a page. Most of the web results we see for PLC cars open on plc.ua. One that opens on plc.auction belongs to a different website, which keeps a page of its own about the car.
- Image results. A picture linked to the page it was found on. Whenever a PLC car picture turns up in Google Images, its source is plc.ua.
In both cases Google only points the way. The page behind the result sits on one of the two PLC sites, and which site that is decides which order can reach it.
Which order reaches which result
| What you see in Google | The page behind it | The order that reaches it |
|---|---|---|
| A web result with a plc.ua address | the plc.ua page about the car | PLC.UA removal |
| Your car’s picture in Google Images | a page on plc.ua | PLC.UA removal |
| A web result with a plc.auction address | the plc.auction page about the car | PLC.AUCTION removal |
| A result on any other domain | another website’s copy | neither PLC order |
A removal works on the page, and Google follows the page. When the page is gone, the web result and the pictures taken from it lose their source, and Google catches up. The same logic explains a common surprise: the PLC.AUCTION order takes down a page on plc.auction, so it cannot touch pictures whose source is plc.ua.
What happens, in order, after the page comes down
- The page goes. We send the request to the PLC site you ordered for and chase it until the page is offline. Each order is promised within 12–24 hours; at times of Google updates or server-side technical problems, allow 1–2 days more.
- We confirm, then turn to Google. We let you know once the page has been processed, and for links that qualify we ask Google to de-index the old address.
- Search results catch up. Typically a day or two after the page disappears.
- Traces may hang on a little. A thumbnail or a cached preview can stay visible somewhat longer. Google works to its own clock, and neither PLC nor we can set it.
When something is still visible
- Google still lists the result, yet the page behind it has nothing on your car any more. The search engine simply has not revisited that address. Allow a day or two after our confirmation, then search again.
- Your car’s picture still appears in Google Images. Click it and see where it leads. A plc.ua page that still shows the car has not been taken down and needs the PLC.UA order; if the page is already gone, you are looking at a leftover thumbnail.
- The result is on a site that is neither plc.ua nor plc.auction. Some other website holds a copy of the record, and no PLC order reaches it.
- A fresh plc.ua result appears weeks later. Our removal still holds; what you see is a new listing, for example after the car went through another auction. A new listing counts as a new case, with an order of its own.
The searches themselves — the VIN in quotes, each PLC domain on its own, and the Images tab — are set out in step 1 of our guide.
What search results never decided
Google’s results are a window onto what websites publish, nothing more. The records that describe a car’s past are kept elsewhere: a brand on the title, the NMVTIS record, insurance claims, Carfax and AutoCheck all say the same thing before and after a PLC page drops out of the results.