site:domain.com shows unrelated/spam domains

Discussion in 'SEO' started by trev0006, Sep 8, 2006.

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    Saw this threat at webmaster world and did a site:domain search on one of my domains and it gave me unrelated domains. It seems like others are experiencing the same thing.
     
    trev0006, Sep 8, 2006 IP
  2. 1-script.com

    1-script.com Well-Known Member

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    Saw it yesterday. All my "site:example.com" searches returned someone else's site in position #2. Not a spammy site, just not mine. And always #2.

    Looks like a bug to me. Today it's back to normal.
     
    1-script.com, Sep 8, 2006 IP
  3. billyzelsnack

    billyzelsnack Peon

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    I'm getting the same thing, but they are always japanese sites. Crazy.
     
    billyzelsnack, Sep 8, 2006 IP
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    2mob.net Peon

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    Saw it today for our site.

    Some Chinese, Japanese and German gaming, completely unrelated sites
    are showing up in "site:2mob.net"
     
    2mob.net, Sep 8, 2006 IP
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    tpn87 Well-Known Member

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    Problem solved.
     
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    hmilesjr Active Member

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    I am seeing it as well. Glad to see it wasn't just me. I am getting strange results for my sites searching www.mysites.com and site:www.mysites.com.
     
    hmilesjr, Sep 8, 2006 IP
  7. sachin410

    sachin410 Illustrious Member

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    "site:" operator is totally screwed up.

    For some sites, I get a different number of results everytime I use it.
     
    sachin410, Sep 9, 2006 IP
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    Actor Mike Peon

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    I was talking about this to someone on my site the other day. I thought it was just me! Glad to see other people have had the same problem. In the nicest possible way :)

    Anyway I think that both "site:" and "link:" are pretty useless. Neither works properly. How can you do a search on your site, see a load of backlinks and yet when you then do a "link:" search it throws up something completely different?
     
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    ...that one has always puzzled me as well -- anyone understand it?
     
    bochgoch, Sep 9, 2006 IP