Has Google been hacked?
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From: Paul on 5 Apr 2006 17:38 In article <4434043e$0$14993$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net>, "Mike T." <noway(a)nohow.not> wrote: > "JAD" <kapasitor(a)earthcharter.net> wrote in message > news:ujTYf.231$Lt.21(a)fe04.lga... > > google toolbar installed? > > you physically looked in the temp folders and deleted ALL cookies > > check your 'hosts' file > > > > It has nothing to do with my computer. Someone else ran a search on Google > UK and got the same results. -Dave > > http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=+%22history+of+milk+chocolate%22&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&start=20&sa=N > > The above is not a search that I ran, it was run on a different computer, on > the UK google web site. Note that most of the results are off-topic, and > hosted in Poland. It's not my equipment, and it's certainly not any > software on my equipment. -Dave Have you ever heard of "spam farms" ? If I load up a web page, with megabytes of common phrases, I can raise the priority of my web site. Now, if I set up a few thousand web sites like that, perhaps hosted on a small number of computers, and each one has some adverts on it, I can make big money by tricking you to click on the link. Usually the nonsense host name in the URL, is the giveaway that you are entering a "farm". A good spam farm will harvest common English phrases right out of USENET postings. So the more you repeat your common phrases in USENET, the more likely it is that a spam farm will add the phrase to their web page. I find on Altavista, if I do a search that has some relevant links, the spam farms occur further down the list of returned results. If I search for something that doesn't occur on a legitimate site, then all I get is spam farm listings. The people who run the search engines are aware of the existence of spam farms (as it fills their server database with garbage), but it is an ongoing battle between the "farmers" and the search engine tuners. And the "farmers" appear to be mostly winning the battle. This might be a place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_chocolate HTH, Paul
From: David Maynard on 5 Apr 2006 21:37 Mike T. wrote: > "JAD" <kapasitor(a)earthcharter.net> wrote in message > news:ujTYf.231$Lt.21(a)fe04.lga... > >>google toolbar installed? >>you physically looked in the temp folders and deleted ALL cookies >>check your 'hosts' file >> > > > It has nothing to do with my computer. Someone else ran a search on Google > UK and got the same results. -Dave > > http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=+%22history+of+milk+chocolate%22&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&start=20&sa=N > > The above is not a search that I ran, it was run on a different computer, on > the UK google web site. Note that most of the results are off-topic, and > hosted in Poland. It's not my equipment, and it's certainly not any > software on my equipment. -Dave > > No, that isn't the search the UK poster posted. His was this http://www.google.co.uk/search?as_q=&num=10&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=history+of+milk+chocolate&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=images And his does not produce the pl results yours does. Also, whenever I try inputting the search phrase you use I get normal results. It's only when using the LINK you post that the PL results occur.
From: adsci on 6 Apr 2006 04:20 1. your search is not on first page of results. on the first page enough good search results pop up 2. google isnt hacked its just tricked into thinking those pl-sites are "useful" and this is be done since years. normally google knows about and sometime later those sites disappear again. Mike T. schrieb: > "JAD" <kapasitor(a)earthcharter.net> wrote in message > news:1pRYf.3$1H4.1(a)fe06.lga... >> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=history+milk+chocolate >> >> >> >> >> "Mike T." <noway(a)nohow.not> wrote in message >> news:4433db3e$0$14505$892e7fe2(a)authen.yellow.readfreenews.net... >>> I just ran several searches on google, from their "advanced" search page, >>> and NONE of them gave me any useful links at all. >>> >>> The last search I ran was for exact phrase "the history of milk >> chocolate". >>> I got 184 totally OFF-topic results, which included (my favorite) "used >>> ultralight aircraft for sale in Australia". Oh, and all the links end in >>> .pl >>> >>> It kind of looks like Google has been hacked. -Dave >>> > > > Odd. I just ran the search again. AGAIN I got mostly off-topic links, most > of which the url ends in ".pl". Again, has google been hacked? -Dave > > http://www.google.com/search?q=+%22history+of+milk+chocolate%22&hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&start=40&sa=N > >
From: adsci on 6 Apr 2006 04:23 is not true. my google lists his links too but they appear on later resultpages not on first. its normal and nothing strange. just some linkfarms on .pl domains. all other results appear normal. Robbie McFerren schrieb: > Jim Strathmeyer wrote: >> In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt Mike T. <noway(a)nohow.not> wrote: >>> It kind of looks like Google has been hacked. -Dave >> >> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 >> >> Because of this, and the fact that other people don't seem to be having >> the same experience that you have, the most likely solution is that you >> have some sort of malware. >> > I agree 110% with this malware issue.
From: Peanutjake on 6 Apr 2006 15:10
I tried the same search on Yahoo.com "the history of milk chocolate". I got all good results. PJ |