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tedster - 2:59 am on May 26, 2008 (gmt 0)


Matt Cutts made a very informative blog post today about the steps Google recently tried to take when they detected a hacked website.

We sent an email to [four different addresses at your domain] and a gmail.com address...with a subject line of “Removal from Google’s index.” I believe if you had logged into our webmaster console at google.com/webmasters and proved that you owned [the website], we also would have left a message waiting for you there as well.

[mattcutts.com...]

The post also contains an example of the kind of detailed information that Google sent - including a long list of the specific hidden text. Now THAT'S helpful.

Matt confirms that Google tries to reinstate hacked sites in a rapid fashion once the problem is fixed. From what he says, it does sound like a "hacked site" flag gets set and then needs to be removed manually, so Reconsideration Request sounds like an essential part of the process.


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