Google's index was hacked by a spammer according to a website Google watch dog See more about this here http://www.googlewatchdog.info/2007/09/spam-and-virus-sites-infesting-google.html
In all fairness to Google (and BTW, I'm the Google Watchdog), the hacked SERPs have started showing up in Yahoo's index also. I've been following the issue for several months now, and it appears, at least from the anecdotal evidence I have, that Google has been dealing with the issue on a manual basis. As in, they see a hacked SERP, and they manually remove the offending sites from the index. THAT is worrisome. Google is usually pretty good at fixing leaks in their technology, but they're having a hard time with this one. I've even speculated that the toolbar PR update hasn't taken a place because it's taken a back seat to other pressing issues (another one of which is what to do with the paid link market).
Good lord, could you imagine the dollar figures attached to such an exploit if left untouched for any length of time? The ability to rank #1 for any search term you wanted.....shazam!
This is disturbing news, but I have faith that the bright minds at Google will figure out a way to automate removal of these sites from the index and block them in the future.
it is correct. But problem it is very difficult to track paid link market. google know it is big business for SEO companies. google want those people to run business. anyway will see what is going on next PR update.
I also hate those .cn sites that injected the malware. I had clicked to some of them and affected with some adwares (yes i got antivirus and spyware but still..) and cant fix that so i need to reinstall everything.... hope google will fix that soon.
I'm glad to see you word it this way. There is a big difference between the toolbar being updated and actual PR which updates all the time. Most people don't seem to realize this.
Well, I'm sure Google will take care of this, If they haven't already but I think they deserved it. I mean they are acting like... you know.. for a few months. First it was the bollocks with backlinks, then the PR update (for which I couldn't care less). Don't get me wrong, I use some of their tools and I rely on their search engine, but they have to get a grip
This is a case of page hijack using the 302 redirect. Do a search on google using the underlined words and see what you come up with.
Well they havnt fixed it, i have been experimenting with a phantom content domain and its works. Boy Google is going to have fun coming up with a scaleable solution to fix this one and not whack legitimate sites. Nasty stuff, it has the potential to be alot worse.