What is a Blast?

Submitting a Blast for a webpage triggers the transmission of a DMCA copyright removal notice to:

• Google,
• Bing,
• Yahoo,
• and to the host of the webpage.

Blasts can be submitted manually (manual Blasts) or automatically (Auto-Blasts).

Google's DMCA demotion signal for web search

Receiving Blasts has damageable consequences for a domain. Google has implemented a demotion signal for domains which receive large numbers of DMCA notices. Meaning that the more Blasts your submit for a website, the more Google's search ranking algorithms will demote that website.