Google Adds Site Hacked Notifications To Search Results

Matt Cutts of Google announced on the Google Webmaster Blog that they have added a new notification for hacked sites to the search results. Google had malware notifications in the search results since 2007, but now Google is adding a notification for searchers to be aware that the site they may click on is hacked. […]

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Matt Cutts of Google announced on the Google Webmaster Blog that they have added a new notification for hacked sites to the search results.

Google had malware notifications in the search results since 2007, but now Google is adding a notification for searchers to be aware that the site they may click on is hacked. It is important to note that a hacked site might not have malware on it.

Here is a picture of a hacked notification, which is a hyperlink that reads “This site may be compromised.”

Hacked Site in Google Results

The link will take you to this Google document explaining why the label is on that result and how the webmaster can remove the label.


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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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