I see your point, but practically speaking, for most people removing from google.com is removing from the internet. You can't visit what you can't find. So ther

I see your point, but practically speaking, for most people removing from google.com is removing from the internet. You can't visit what you can't find. So there isn't a fundamental difference between the two types of takedown requests given the dominance of a single search engine. Given that, I imagine that copyright holders file takedowns where it has the quickest effect, either directly to the site or to google.com. But this is just a technical difference. It seems odd that it should affect search rankings, and it feel more wrong given that Google owns a major target of takedown notifications, so this isn't just Google objectively settings things in order - it has a huge inherent interest and bias here.