MisterMan Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 (edited) Hi All, I have a new job now and I am updating the website and trying to optimize it a bit with my limited knowledge. I came across an article about robots.txt and tried to see if we already had one. Instead what came up was a page full of links to competitors and also with a lot of Google Ads (syndication..) This is a hidden page NOT linked to any of the other pages on the domain. The URL's are optimized for all these places not in Thailand. The website I am working on is for a resort in Thailand. See example of links below. There are also plenty of links to direct competitors So what is going on here? Did the original web master (large company with great rankings) use this sight as some kind of hosts? This is terrible. An example of the links Vacation Villa Florida Vacation Villas Westgate Vacation Villas Disney Vacation Villas Vacation Villa Cyprus Vacation Villa Rental Caribbean Vacation Villa Luxury Vacation Villas Vacation Villas In Orlando Florida Vacation Rental Villa Italian Vacation Villas Orlando Florida Vacation Villa Vacation Villas Near Disney Vacation Villas At Fantasy World Edited July 20, 2008 by MisterMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seancbk Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Hi All, I have a new job now and I am updating the website and trying to optimize it a bit with my limited knowledge. I came across an article about robots.txt and tried to see if we already had one. Instead what came up was a page full of links to competitors and also with a lot of Google Ads (syndication..) This is a hidden page NOT linked to any of the other pages on the domain. The URL's are optimized for all these places not in Thailand. The website I am working on is for a resort in Thailand. See example of links below. There are also plenty of links to direct competitors So what is going on here? Did the original web master (large company with great rankings) use this sight as some kind of hosts? This is terrible. An example of the links Vacation Villa Florida Vacation Villas Westgate Vacation Villas Disney Vacation Villas Vacation Villa Cyprus Vacation Villa Rental Caribbean Vacation Villa Luxury Vacation Villas Vacation Villas In Orlando Florida Vacation Rental Villa Italian Vacation Villas Orlando Florida Vacation Villa Vacation Villas Near Disney Vacation Villas At Fantasy World Are you saying that http://www.yourdomain.com/robots.txt shows these links ? Its difficult to help without a bit more info... PM me and I'll try and help you figure out what is going on Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMan Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Yes exactly!! Those links and google sponsered links and competitor links.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMan Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Well a friend of mine has informed me what the problem is as I gave him the exact URL. "it appears that they are using your web space and your domain name to host a signifcant number of pages featuring their own Google AdSense account. Highly improper." Amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seancbk Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Well a friend of mine has informed me what the problem is as I gave him the exact URL. "it appears that they are using your web space and your domain name to host a signifcant number of pages featuring their own Google AdSense account. Highly improper." Amazing. That is also what I suspected. I've seen this being done quite a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shah Jahan Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 also if you are looking at the web page go ahead and "View Source" and scroll through the source code of the page- you will probably find buried at the bottom lots of little links that you dont want in there. But when you look at the actual file on the server is it just a bunch of encrypted code. ie DSAFSHGRTCXCNXCJENSDFHDSFHSDFNSDFNSDFNSDFCNKSCNSDCMDSCKMXLSD The first thing I would do is report the pages to Google Adsense. Might as well get their account banned and earnings revoked. You should also get help from a Pro as there are more tricks they may have pulled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterMan Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Wow I didnt know i could report them. Thanks for that I did have a pro look at it. It took a pro to point out that this page with unauthorized links to even competitors websites is not even an ORPHAN page but is linked to our home page. Unbelievable!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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