As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
unpunished!
I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
begin with.
Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
content." Uh oh. Problems here.
Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
websites.
I'm really confused.
The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
reconsideration form.
Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
Spam that you cannot see but only Google can? Sounds like a hacking to
me. Have you checked your server for new files, changes in
the .htaccess file? Had your host check the security to see if someone
has put anything on the site?
> As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
> Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
> search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
> unpunished!
> I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
> Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
> 2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
> begin with.
> Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
> originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
> help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
> It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
> My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
> webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
> content." Uh oh. Problems here.
> Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
> were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
> when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
> websites.
> I'm really confused.
> The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
> original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
> They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
> same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
> I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
> I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
> something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
> the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
> not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
> reconsideration form.
> Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
> As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
> Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
> search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
> unpunished!
> I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
> Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
> 2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
> begin with.
> Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
> originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
> help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
> It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
> My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
> webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
> content." Uh oh. Problems here.
> Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
> were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
> when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
> websites.
> I'm really confused.
> The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
> original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
> They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
> same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
> I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
> I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
> something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
> the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
> not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
> reconsideration form.
> Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
> As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
> Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
> search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
> unpunished!
> I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
> Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
> 2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
> begin with.
> Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
> originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
> help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
> It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
> My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
> webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
> content." Uh oh. Problems here.
> Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
> were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
> when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
> websites.
> I'm really confused.
> The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
> original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
> They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
> same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
> I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
> I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
> something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
> the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
> not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
> reconsideration form.
> Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
> > As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
> > Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
> > search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
> > unpunished!
> > I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
> > Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
> > 2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
> > begin with.
> > Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
> > originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
> > help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
> > It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
> > My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
> > webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
> > content." Uh oh. Problems here.
> > Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
> > were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
> > when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
> > websites.
> > I'm really confused.
> > The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
> > original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
> > They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
> > same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
> > I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
> > I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
> > something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
> > the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
> > not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
> > reconsideration form.
> > Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
> > As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
> > Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
> > search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
> > unpunished!
> > I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
> > Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
> > 2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
> > begin with.
> > Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
> > originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
> > help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
> > It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
> > My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
> > webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
> > content." Uh oh. Problems here.
> > Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
> > were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
> > when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
> > websites.
> > I'm really confused.
> > The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
> > original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
> > They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
> > same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
> > I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
> > I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
> > something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
> > the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
> > not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
> > reconsideration form.
> > Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
They were when I checked, I didn't just make that stuff up. A file
doesn't have to phsically reside on the server to be shown that's what
scripts and code do.
> > > As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
> > > Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
> > > search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
> > > unpunished!
> > > I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
> > > Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
> > > 2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
> > > begin with.
> > > Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
> > > originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
> > > help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
> > > It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
> > > My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
> > > webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
> > > content." Uh oh. Problems here.
> > > Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
> > > were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
> > > when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
> > > websites.
> > > I'm really confused.
> > > The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
> > > original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
> > > They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
> > > same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
> > > I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
> > > I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
> > > something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
> > > the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
> > > not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
> > > reconsideration form.
> > > Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
> > > As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
> > > Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
> > > search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
> > > unpunished!
> > > I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
> > > Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
> > > 2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
> > > begin with.
> > > Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
> > > originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
> > > help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
> > > It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
> > > My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
> > > webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
> > > content." Uh oh. Problems here.
> > > Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
> > > were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
> > > when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
> > > websites.
> > > I'm really confused.
> > > The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
> > > original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
> > > They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
> > > same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
> > > I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
> > > I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
> > > something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
> > > the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
> > > not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
> > > reconsideration form.
> > > Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
> > > > As I reported to this group a few weeks ago, I have been removed from
> > > > Google's index. It happened within a few hours of reporting weird
> > > > search results from my site to this group. No good deed goes
> > > > unpunished!
> > > > I've gone through my site, looking for anything that might upset
> > > > Google. It's tough, because my site (mainly a personal blog with over
> > > > 2,600 entries and 3,000 comments) plus a photo gallery, was clean to
> > > > begin with.
> > > > Some of you found a few spammy comments which I missed when they were
> > > > originally posted. They've been expunged. and I appreciate your
> > > > help. Still, that's a handful of pages out of thousands.
> > > > It would be easier to search and purge if I had Google to use. Oops.
> > > > My journey for redemption continues. I went looking through the
> > > > webmaster tools and found the list of keywords "In your site's
> > > > content." Uh oh. Problems here.
> > > > Many of the words are spammy. But they're not on my site and never
> > > > were! There are lots of inbound spammy keywords as well. However,
> > > > when I type link:geofffox.com there are just 'normal' non-spam
> > > > websites.
> > > > I'm really confused.
> > > > The search results (site:geofffox.com) I saw, which prompted my
> > > > original posting looked like they were on my site, but they weren't.
> > > > They could only be reached by clicking the Google link. Typing the
> > > > same URLs by hand produced 404 errors.
> > > > I searched my server. The spammy content wasn't there.
> > > > I am confused and I am upset. I think I'm being penalized for
> > > > something totally out of my control. I suspect, though I don't have
> > > > the technical expertise to know for sure, this is a Google problem,
> > > > not a 'me' problem. I've still begged for forgiveness using the
> > > > reconsideration form.
> > > > Is there anyone here who can explain what is going on?
I could do this all day, just clicking the links with my referrer set
to Google. There are many more to be found, then again they are
probably generated from a script injected on the site.
