Sitelinks: Does Google Recognize Your Requests for Removal?

[eMagineSEO]

I've been trying to influence branded SERPs recently by demoting certain pages from appearing in the Sitelinks feature provided in Google's Webmaster Tools.

However, despite demoting various URLs, they continue to appear for the branded SERPs nearly a week after they should've been suppressed.

What is your experience with Sitelinks? Do links you request to demote ever disappear or change positions in the SERPs for you?

[AlanMosley]

They did not honour my requests, it does say they MAY honour them

[Desiree-CP]

Yes, Google DOES recognize your request for branded sitelinks demotion.

The only down side is that they unfortunately do not update within a week.  It took us two months of weekly tracking and demotion to finally get the branded sitelinks that we want displayed.

In a nutshell, give it a few more weeks and you'll eventually see the requested URL demotions take effect.