For those looking to conceal their home on Street View, Google allows homeowners or tenants to request a permanent blur.

There can be many reasons why you'd want to look up your house on Google Street View. Some could be nostalgic, and others could be to settle an argument as to what color something was a few years ago.

Google cautions that once you blur something on Street View, it's blurred permanently. Finally, enter your email (this is required), verify the captcha (if needed), and click Submit .

However, you might notice that Google has blurred some houses on Street View. You aren’t having network issues. Instead, whoever lives there likely asked Google to do this for privacy concerns.

Google Street View likely has photos of your home, but you can request to have them blurred out. Here's a step-by-step guide to requesting Google blur your house.

Google expects to add Street View photography to about 20 German cities by the end of the year. Postscript (Nov. 18, 2010): Google’s now rolled out StreetView in those 20 cities, including ...