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7 messages in com.googlegroups.google_webmaster_help-toolsRe: Nasty Nasty Blackhat Attack| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Web3Graphics | Jul 14, 2008 2:18 am | |
| Web3Graphics | Jul 29, 2008 1:16 am | |
| Red Cardinal | Jul 29, 2008 4:42 am | |
| JohnMu | Jul 29, 2008 5:23 am | |
| Web3Graphics | Jul 29, 2008 5:15 pm | |
| Web3Graphics | Jul 29, 2008 5:21 pm | |
| Red Cardinal | Jul 29, 2008 8:54 pm |
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| Subject: | Re: Nasty Nasty Blackhat Attack | Actions... |
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| From: | Red Cardinal () | |
| Date: | Jul 29, 2008 4:42:36 am | |
| List: | com.googlegroups.google_webmaster_help-tools | |
Exceptionally unlikely that your TBPR drop is in any way related to these links IMO.
The TBPR you're seeing is a snapshot from around March (by some accounts).
Has your organic traffic from Google been in any way affected? If not then you can rest assured that this tactic, however nasty, did not impact how Google perceives your site.
If you want to see how this attck (if successful) would manifest itself then you should look at rankings. I would also look to see if any of your content is being filtered as adult (check out Safe Search).
Please can you confirm how your site has been 'destroyed'? TBPR is amost meaningless.
Rgds Richard
On Jul 29, 9:16 am, Web3Graphics wrote:
Hi Thanks your replies and help everyone (sarcasm)...
Just to let you all know that the site has most probably been penalised by Google for these links - dropping from PR3 (where it has been for the last 2+ years to my knowledge) to a PR1.
Does anyone at Google want to comment on what systems they do or do not have in place to stop this sort of thing happening - or advice on how we can regain our vandalised website to its previous state?
Its not good at all that competitors can destroy a whitehat website so easily. We create lots of quality content and stick by the rules... so this really isn't on.
Thanks Colin
On Jul 14, 10:19 am, Web3Graphics wrote:
Some very mean person - I am assuming a blackhat wearing competitor - bought lots of horrible links to our website. When I say horrible, I mean they came from Russian sites, Adult themed Russian websites, sites that generally will look appalling to be associated with (no offence meant to Russians!). It was clear they had been bought through a link broker - and we tracked it down to one of the big few link broker companies - who has as of today removed them.
I would like to know if anyone knows the est thing to do... we have had the offending links (we know of) removed... But they evidently existed long enough to get into our list of links in Webmaster Tools - where we first spotted them.
Apparently they were only spending a few dollars, but because the links were from such horrificly poor sites they got them at the cheapest rate.
Help, advice, thoughts from a Google rep - would be much appreciated.