Something is not right here... Please help.

Discussion in 'Google' started by GreenDog, Jul 9, 2009.

  1. #1
    When I search my URL in quotes on google it brings up a bunch of spam sites that when clicked on bring up virus scanners saying your site is infected and such. My site PR lowered from PR4 to PR0 recently on its homepage and I think this might have something to do with it.

    You can see the results here: http://www.google.com/#q="catfoodreviews.com"&hl=en&start=10&sa=N&fp=KxYPMM6r3XA

    What should I do about this?
     
    GreenDog, Jul 9, 2009 IP
  2. theapparatus

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  3. ~kev~

    ~kev~ Well-Known Member

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    You may want to disable your RSS feed. Some sites use an automated script to pull material from other sites, and the RSS feed makes it really easy for them to do that.

    The scammers just install an RSS to HTML script, and your site provides them with all the content they need.
     
    ~kev~, Jul 9, 2009 IP
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    You can also report these spam site to google by webmaster tool
     
    DoDo Me, Jul 9, 2009 IP
  5. GreenDog

    GreenDog Active Member

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    The problem is they are all different URL's and it would take a while.
     
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    May be worth it to you. Especially if they're higher ranking than the original site.

    May even want to check the IP addresses of the sites in question. They may all be hosted on the same server or with the same webhosts. One email to the host may get them all removed.
     
    theapparatus, Jul 10, 2009 IP
  7. generation2020

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    That might be the case that scrappers have copied your contents and got too many backlinks to their pages. Check out if this is situation.
     
    generation2020, Jul 11, 2009 IP