Today, it is increasingly common to encounter blocking of websites by search engines due to unauthorized redirects of users to other resources (for example, to wap.click affiliate networks).
Such sanctions can be applied by Google and other search engines if advertising code is found on your website. Usually such code is placed either by the site owner themselves, or by a hacker who hacked the site. This is done for the purpose of additional earnings on teasers (advertising banners). Such a site will not be marked as threatening security, since it does not redirect users to infected pages, so it will simply be removed from search engine results.
A ban from Google or another search engine can be received by a site due to the fact that search results are based on the relevance and usability of sites, so unauthorized advertising can affect this indicator.
The site is not blocked permanently, but for a certain period of time, so if the owner reconsiders their attitude to work and fulfills all the conditions of the search engine, the site will return to search results.
Most often, masters who are engaged in selling mobile traffic fall under such sanctions. As a rule, redirection of clients who entered such a site will be performed only if they opened it from a mobile phone. Therefore, noticing and identifying this is not always so easy.
What to Do If Your Site Was Banned by a Search Engine Due to Redirection?
If search engines have imposed sanctions on your resource due to hidden redirection, the solutions to the problem are as follows:
- Remove all banners and teasers that you have placed on the site. Even if you consider them verified and reliable. There is a specific list of trusted advertising teasers that can be used for work.
- If you are sure that you did not personally enter the advertising code, then check the site’s security: check for third-party scripts, perform scanning with AI-BOLIT antivirus, check for the presence of the message_for_oss.pdf file in the system cache,
inurl:message_for_oss.pdf site:mysite.ru
- analyze traffic statistics (liveinternet counters, Yandex.Metrica) to external resources for the presence of transitions to affiliate sites, teaser or advertising networks.
Even if you have completely cleaned the site and are absolutely sure of its serviceability, do not immediately submit it for reconsideration. Search engines recommend waiting at least a month before trying to submit a resource for remoderation. Otherwise, you will simply get a refusal and still lose time.
If you have eliminated all the shortcomings and after several months of “rest” you were still denied restoration, do not hesitate to contact specialists. Ukrhost company, providing services for domain registration and hosting placement, also maintains the site during operation. Our highly qualified specialists will be able to solve any of your problems in the shortest possible time.
