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    • bondhoward
      bondhoward last edited by

      I got below message from google, But I did not see any hidden text, Please check it.

      http://www.astrologerravisharma.com/: Suspected hacking

      Google has detected that some of your pages may contain hidden text or cloaking, techniques that are outside our Webmaster Guidelines.

      Specifically, we detected that your site may have been modified by a third party. Typically, the offending party gains access to an insecure directory that has open permissions. Many times, they will upload files or modify existing ones, which then show up as spam in our index.

      Sample URLs:

      • http://www.astrologerravisharma.com/
      • http://www.astrologerravisharma.com/about-us/
      • http://www.astrologerravisharma.com/achievements/

      Recommended action

      • Clean up the hacked content so that your site meets Google's Webmaster Guidelines.
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      • KeriMorgret
        KeriMorgret last edited by

        I went to the about us page and did a view source, and found the following at the very end:

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        You'll also see more info if you do the following Google search:

        site:astrologerravisharma.com/ cheap

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        • RyanPurkey
          RyanPurkey @KeriMorgret last edited by

          Kari nailed it. You'll want to clean up those pages and secure your site. Services like:

          stopthehacker.com
          sitelock.com
          cloudflare.com
          website-guardian.com

          can help prevent your site from being hacked in the future.  Cheers!

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          • MattAntonino
            MattAntonino last edited by

            Your username 'admin' is also still active. I would suggest this is likely how they got into your site in the first place.  Suggest changing the username admin as soon as possible.

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            • JVRudnick
              JVRudnick last edited by

              Most of us SEO practitioners have had clients come to us with that kinda "hack" on their site....poor security or using just plain bad SEO wanna-bes might be the cause...so yes as Matt said here, tighten up your site!!!

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