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    Bad keywords sending traffic my site, but can't find the source. Advice?

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    • DanielMulderNL
      DanielMulderNL @KeriMorgret last edited by

      dns and domain hijack? Mm... Then I would advice to hire a security expert. Not a SEO.

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      • mandr612
        mandr612 last edited by

        If your using WordPress I believe there is a way to exclude keywords so your site doesn't show up for certain keywords.

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          19958 @KeriMorgret last edited by

          Thanks, Keri! I couldn't find anything via this method or good old fashioned search. It's a bit baffling that Analytics says it's coming from search when I can't find any results in search.

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            19958 @Mark_Ginsberg last edited by

            Thanks Mark and Daniel! I'll give it a go in OSE. I've been sticking to Analytics and GWT but it seems like it's time to branch out.

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            • 19958
              19958 @KeriMorgret last edited by

              Thanks, Keri! I did a fetch and the code looks fine. Still searching...

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              • Mark_Ginsberg
                Mark_Ginsberg @19958 last edited by

                Can you give us the URL of the site in question to take a peek ourselves - I'm know rather curious about what is going on here

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                  • DanielMulderNL
                    DanielMulderNL last edited by

                    Does this query contain any site you might know?

                    Google serp

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                    • 19958
                      19958 @DanielMulderNL last edited by

                      Unfortunately, no. Thank you for investigating though!

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                        • DanielMulderNL
                          DanielMulderNL @19958 last edited by

                          I got nothing :D... sorry..

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                          • DanielMulderNL
                            DanielMulderNL @19958 last edited by

                            Hate to quit but without any specifics it's not sensible to search more thorough and I would like to second the remark by Marks Ginsberg. But if you do I would love to take another look into it. Nothing like some could old investigating I always say.

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                            • 19958
                              19958 last edited by

                              Thanks for all the advice and help! I'm still digging, but I noticed that our PPC ads are surfacing on pages that are on SERPs for those particular terms. It may be some kind of wonky Analytics tracking.

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                              • DanielMulderNL
                                DanielMulderNL last edited by

                                believe I found a hint

                                opensiteexplorer linking pages: limboland.net

                                | *.limboland.net/

                                | Top Linking Pages | Page Authority |
                                | http://business.limboland.net/factoring/delaware_llc/delaware_llc.html | 29 |

                                | 39 | 281 |

                                See http://www.opensiteexplorer.org/domains.html?page=2&scope=domain_to_domain&site=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawareinc.com%2F&sort=domain_authority&target=domain

                                Anchor text linking to some page on https://www.delawareinc.com/

                                | your story heidi lowe gallery,1,6 |

                                Query Google if the phrase with myamar girls etc is indexed for the limbo land site:

                                myanmar girls site:http://limboland.net/

                                See the smoking gun? This site links to yours and uses the exact keywords and is a doubtful site at best.

                                I would disavow this entire website.

                                Hope this helps.

                                Gr Daniel

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