Outdated search result – domain no longer exists

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Hi,

The domain https://xavierruperink.com is permanently offline and no longer exists.
It still appears in Brave Search results (visible in private mode), but the server returns “not found”.

Could you please remove or update this result in the Brave Search index?

Thank you.

Description of the issue: An outdated Brave Search result is shown for a domain that no longer exists.
The domain https://xavierruperink.com is permanently offline but still appears in Brave Search.
How can this issue be reproduced?

  1. Open Brave Browser.
  2. Open a Private Window.
  3. Search for: “xavier ruperink”.
  4. The result “Xaviers Portfolio” linking to https://xavierruperink.com appears.
  5. Opening the link results in a server not found error.

Expected result: The outdated search result should be removed from the Brave Search index.

Brave Version( check About Brave): Latest stable version

Additional Information: The domain does not host any content anymore and has no active redirects.
The issue is only visible in Brave Search (not in Google or Bing).

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Hello, you can manually re-index your site at https://search.brave.com/submit-url.

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