Wednesday, 18 November 2015
Google Labelled Your Site As Hacked? Here's How To Fix It
Is your
website
being
falsely
labelled
in search
results
as a 'hacked' website even
though there's nothing wrong
with it? There isn't cause for
concern, because it might not
be something 'hidden' that
you apparently can't detect.
Google is reportedly working
on a new hacked page
classifier, and as a result, a
number of websites are
getting incorrectly marked as
'hacked' in search results.
This was acknowledged by
Google's John Mueller on
Google+.
We're slowly rolling
out a new hacked
page classifier and
noticed a small
number of
misclassifications.
We're sorry for any
trouble this may
have caused -- we
are working on
addressing the
issues.
Obviously, this is a very
serious problem, because
nobody in their right mind
would visit a hacked or
malicious website
intentionally, right? So if your
website has been effected,
here's what you do.
How to tell when your
website is effected?
First, do a quick search for
your site and see if a line of
blue text appears underneath
the title tag reading “This site
may be hacked.” If you don’t
see that line, you’re good. If
you do see that line, and
you’re certain your site is not
hacked, here’s what you can
do to fix it.
Fixing the problem
All you have to do is, fill out a
Google docs form for
misclassification of your
website. The link is given
below.
Google docs form for
misclassified websites
One you fill it out, someone
at Google will review it and
remove the label if your site
is in fact safe. It is not clear
how long you’d have to wait
before Google removes the
label on your site, but
hopefully they are quick
about it.
Mueller recommends getting
someone who is experienced
in working with hacked sites
to double-check whether or
not your site is really hacked,
because that’s a whole other
issue you’ll need to deal with.
If you have any further
questions, please feel free to
create a new thread in our
help forum, and we'll try to
help you our over there.
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