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Saturday, 26 December 2009

I decided to write about Google Proxy Hijacking because it is another Black Hat Seo technique used to knock the real websites offline, take ownership of their content and traffic or damage their reputation. Today our websites are also the victim of it.

Google Custom Search used by Black Hat SEO

Friday, 04 December 2009

I have been doing some more research on the two Google Custom Searches I ran into the other day and I have been in communication with Google about that also. First a small intro about Google Custom Search if you don’t mind, otherwise feel free to skip it.

AdSense for search allows website publishers to provide Google web and site search to their visitors, and to earn money by displaying Google ads on the search results pages.

From Google Adsense.

The owner of the Google Adsense will get paid if people click on their ads. Adsense has a rather strict policy of what can be done and not. In addition to that, Custom Search has specific policy too.

AdSense for search: A maximum of two Google AdSense for search boxes may be placed per page. Also, a single link unit or a search box, but no other Google ads, may be placed on pages with AdSense for search results. Queries must originate from users inputting data directly into the search box and cannot be modified. This includes pre-populating the search box with terms or hard-coding direct links to search results pages. AdSense for search code may not be integrated into any software application such as a toolbar.

From Google Adsense Support.

So at least one of the two custom searches *should* normally be in violation with this particular restriction as the search box was pre-populated with “Rachel Uchitel pictures”. Two other clauses did catch my attention while reading the TOS at the Google website earlier today.

Google Trends and EDU domains used by Black Hat SEO

Wednesday, 02 December 2009
Yesterday I was kind of surprised to see an edu domain being used in the SEO poisoning attack via Google Trends keywords. I decided to see if more universities were involved in spreading those fake web pages leading to online scanners and search engines.
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