Sphinn - How Google Handles Hacked Web Sites

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Went Hot: May 27, 2008 - 9:01 pm
Posted By: MattMcGee 404 days ago
Topic Type: News Story (Jump to http://www.mattcutts.com)
Category: Google Other

Matt Cutts explains what Google does when it discovers a hacked site: temporary removal from the index with a "hacked site" flag, contact the site owner, and then potential reinclusion within 48 hours when everything's fixed.

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from shandyking 402 days ago #

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I've recently gone through this with Google. Even though I never got a courtesy email from them or Webmaster Central informing me that one of my sites was removed from their index due to hacked spam, I did file a report with them informing them of the matter and almost right away my site returned.