jk3210 - 1:19 am on Mar 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

<<When I had the redirect site remove my link, it now returns their home page.>>

Big problem.

You must be able to type the EXACT original url into your browser address window and make sure your page no longer comes up. If it does come up, then that's what gbot will find when it re-spiders the link.

Simply having the offending link removed from the hijacker's page isn't enough. The problem is that the original url is still in Google's database and gbot keeps going back DIRECTLY to it --not via the hijacker's page.

And trying to get it removed via the URL console is no good because it still appears to be a live page to G.

If it doesn't return a 404, gbot won't remove it.