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4 Warning Signs That Tell You If Your Website Is Being Hacked.
0 Comments | Posted by Evan Obijiofor in Atlanta Website Design Advice
A webmasters worst nightmare is to do all the necessary steps to ensure that ones site is reputable on the internet with quality linking campaigns, fresh helpful content for end users, and Google page rank that would make Google proud only to find that all of your hard work is being compromised by a sneaky hacker who steps in and steals most or all of your traffic.
I was suspicious that one of my own websites was hacked when I noticed a sharp dip in visitors. Thankfully it was only temporary, but for those of you who need some advice on how to see if you have been a victim of a hacking read on. Here are a few tips.
FIRST RUN YOUR WEBSITE THROUGH THIS HELPFUL CHECKER:
http://safebrowsing.clients.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://www.helpmysmallbusinesswebsite.com
Of course you would replace my website domain with your own.
1. The pages indexed by search engines suddenly drop by a significant amount.
Now we all know that our pages indexed fluctuate quite a bit, but if you notice hundreds, or perhaps
thousands of your pages going up in smoke. Start worrying.
2. A severe drop in visitors.
This would likely be due to Google “de-indexing” the hacked pages.
3. Google webmaster tools showing weird pages.
If you see that Google has pages indexed called “Male Enhancement For Less”
for your website, and your site has absolutely nothing to do with such a product/service….
Take Action ASAP!
4. Your website shows results for black list searches.
If you do a “site:www.yourdomain.com viagra” search and Google shows page results for that search,
but your website doesn’t reference viagra (or any other black listed searches) at all on any of your pages….
You have a problem.
So what do you do to fix the problem. I have found a great blog post that outlines some handy
steps to help you give those hackers the boot. Read more here towards the end of that post.
Evan Obijiofor is the webmaster of www.helpmysmallbusinesswebsite.com which offers small business website help. Atlanta Website Design solutions don’t have to cost an arm and a leg. Contact him and get the help you need today.
