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    • ceci2710
      ceci2710 last edited by

      Hi,

      I have just noticed one of our websites has lots of inbound links with the words: "order cialis", "**cialis professional online", "**order viagra soft" and so on.

      I have checked the target URLs source for any kind of suspicious code and found nothing.

      **What should I look for and what should I do in this case? **

      Thanks

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      • bronxpad
        bronxpad last edited by

        Head over to google web masters and demote the links. this will let google know that they are not wanted. Also contact the site owner and ask them to remove. Last step is to contact Google and inform them of your findings. Hope this helps.

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        • ceci2710
          ceci2710 @bronxpad last edited by

          There is a way to demote sitelinks on Google Webmaster, but not inbound links...

          Just researched on that and found an article from Matt Cuts telling that Google webmaster Team is working on a "disavow link feature"..

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          • bronxpad
            bronxpad last edited by

            Ok, then follow the other steps of contacting the webmasters and ask them to remove, you can also let google know about these links which will show them that you did not want them and you are actively looking to remove them. Hope it goes well.

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            • SEO-Doctor
              SEO-Doctor last edited by

              If they haven't hacked the site, they may do.  Check it in http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/ and tighten up all the security.

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