Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns
Published on September 30, 2009 by Last Click News · 8 CommentsGoogle Wave will be available next Wednesday to 100,000 developers and Google Apps customers. However, cybercriminals have already take advantage of the launch by starting black hat SEO campaigns to turn interest in Wave into a computer infection.
Traditional SEO campaigns boost a Website’s ranking in search results using relevant keywords. On the other hand, black hat SEO campaigns have the same goal, but they use a different method. These campaigns flout search engine guidelines about acceptable practices, like prohibitions on the misuse of text and page elements.
On occasion, these campaigns also embed malicious codes in a top-ranking Web page and redirect links to their own pages.
For Google Wave, its search terms have produced a list of search results that included malicious Websites.
Websense, an online security firm, has been tracking down these black hat campaigns on the Google Wave.
As narrated by Thomas Claburn of Information Week: “Google knows that cybercriminals track popular search terms religiously so they can use those terms to hijack searchers. And it watches closely over its index using automated and manual methods to remove links leading to malicious sites. Chances are that the sites spotted by Websense have already been removed by Google. But it’s almost always playing catch-up.”
Source: Information Week
Readers Comments (8)
You must be logged in to post a comment.
Email Updates
Attribution White Paper
1. Are you counting the 'full funnel' or just the 'last click'?
2. How are you attributing multiple media sources?
3. How are you attributing 'view-throughs'?
News
Social media marketing is a big part of SEO success
Social media marketing has become a vital part of search engine optimization campaigns. According to study from the University ...
Google Ranked No.1 Las Vegas SEO Agency Partners With MyReviewsNow.net the Biggest Online Shopping Mall
[PRNewswire press release] -- MyReviewsNow offers online shoppers with a wide variety of online shopping choices all in ...
[...] See the original post: Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns | Last Click News [...]
[...] View post: Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns | Last Click News [...]
[...] Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns | Last Click News [...]
[...] Read the rest here: Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns | Last Click News [...]
[...] Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns | Last Click News3 hours ago by Last Click News Traditional SEO campaigns boost a Website's ranking in search results using relevant keywords. On the other hand, black hat SEO campaigns have the same goal, but they use a different method. These campaigns flout search engine … – [...]
[...] Read this article: Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns | Last Click News [...]
[...] Read the original: Google Wave hi-jacked by Black SEO campaigns | Last Click News [...]
[...] Continued here: Google Wave hi-jacked by Black S&#… [...]