Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Apple iPad becomes targeted by black hat SEO

Published on February 1, 2010 by Last Click News   ·   No Comments

The Apple iPad is building more and more momentum as its release date comes closer. As predicted, black hat search engine optimization (SEO) are buildings scams around the keyword.

Many black hat campaigns have been built around the keywords “Apple Tablet” and “Apple iPad rumor”. These keywords are used to reel in users to download rogue security software. According to experts, the terms redirect browsers to malicious sites.

The poisoned results appear among the top 20 search results for Google.

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