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    • TheZenAgency
      TheZenAgency last edited by

      Hi

      When i do a site: search on my domain the very last result it returns is a URL which is listed as my domain but does not exist on my website. When clicked it redirects to a really spammy page. If im not being clear just let me know, quite hard to explain the situation!

      Any thoughts to get rid of this?

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      • TomRayner
        TomRayner last edited by

        Has your website ever been hacked?

        That looks like the kind of thing where someone has compromised your site, built a new page and then redirected users.

        If you go to your htaccess file, do you see any rules in place for that redirect?

        If you take the URL and put it into OpenSiteExplorer or Majestic, do you see any spammy backlinks going to just that URL?

        If the answer is yes to either - it would suggest your site has been compromised.  Remove the redirect/disavow the links and do a clean sweep of your website to make sure it's all OK.

        If none of the above is true, it might just be an error on Google's side.  As this post suggests, Google's site: command isn't entirely reliable.

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        • TheZenAgency
          TheZenAgency last edited by

          Hi Tom

          Thanks for the response, there is no spammy backlinks going to just that URL according to both Majestic and OSE. Ill take a look at the htaccess file.

          Thanks for the help

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          • Stramark
            Stramark last edited by

            As you are in the HTACCES file. you can 301 redirect the supicious page to your home..

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