Posted By: dudibob ()
Posted On: 01/19/2006 06:56 am
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hey Guys and girls,
I think I have just found a case of hijacking, but I'm not too sure, remember reading about it somewhere and I think the URL was similar to this
www.someonesdomain.com/cgi-bin/out.cgi?url=http://www.domain-that-shouldn't-be-here.co.uk
Is this a 301 hijack? If it is, what do I do, just report it to Google?
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Posted By: Hampstead ()
Posted On: 01/19/2006 07:31 am
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I'd be interested to have a look at that.
Can I have more specific details please? PM me if you like.
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Posted By: dudibob ()
Posted On: 01/19/2006 07:40 am
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hey Hampstead, just pm'd you
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Posted By: Hampstead ()
Posted On: 01/19/2006 08:46 am
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I've had a quick look at it, but I'm not an expert on hijacking.
The cgi code forces the link to open in a frame so it is probably some sort of automated directory building or link exchange software in action.
That's my best guess.
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Posted By: dudibob ()
Posted On: 01/19/2006 09:14 am
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fair enough, I just saw it on the back end of it, and panic'd :s lol, if it's nothing I'll leave it, cheers Hampstead 
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Posted By: g1smd (Moderator)
Posted On: 01/19/2006 02:43 pm
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The hijacking last year involved 302 redirects not the 301 variety.
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Posted By: dudibob ()
Posted On: 01/20/2006 01:43 am
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ah right, I knew it had a 3 in it lol :s
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Posted By: g1smd (Moderator)
Posted On: 01/20/2006 04:39 am
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing 
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Posted By: Hampstead ()
Posted On: 01/20/2006 04:56 am
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Giz,
Is the 302 thing sorted with Google now then?
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Posted By: dudibob ()
Posted On: 01/20/2006 05:34 am
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I agree G1
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Posted By: g1smd (Moderator)
Posted On: 01/20/2006 06:12 am
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Sorted?
Depends on what you mean by sorted...
Google says it is sorted, but as far as I can see they sorted it by trying to hide such results from the results. The underlying problem is still there, in that many affected pages/sites are still missing from the index.
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