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Is it possible to report a hacked site to Google?

         

Savanadry

1:27 pm on Oct 21, 2014 (gmt 0)

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There's a large site which has obviously been hacked and is popping up everywhere (in google alerts and the serp's) with stolen / mixed up / gibberish content. When you click the google alert (haven't tried it in serp's) it's redirecting to a gambling site not related to the original site at all.

Is there anywhere I can report this easily. It's not my site or my niche, I've emailed the site owner but no reply after a week so I'm wondering whether it's been abandoned. I know I shouldn't be bothered but it's a point of principle that this kind of thing gets stamped out - or at least removed from the serp's / google alerts.

Is there anywhere you can report hacked sites to google if you have no interest in the site so they can take a look?

not2easy

2:46 pm on Oct 21, 2014 (gmt 0)

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StopBadware.org is a "public service" site that is endorsed and supported/sponsored by Google, mozilla and many other web security interests, it is primarily to educate the public but you should find a form there to submit a site: [stopbadware.org...]

Savanadry

7:50 pm on Oct 21, 2014 (gmt 0)

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Thanks, I've reported it on there.

Seems I now have a virus on the laptop I used when I visited the site, I've no idea if it's related as a few people use this laptop in the lobby, but as we're all pretty tech savvy I'm assuming it's something to do with this hacked site. Sigh, I should have known better.