Google Announces Google Hacked Site Notifications
Search giant Google has just announced that it has released a new search tool called Google Hacked Site Notifications for its search engine Google. The new notification will allows users to verify if a site has been hacked during the search itself.
This is an attempt to further pep up the security of search results offered by the search engine. The search results notifications will forewarn users of the risk involved in visiting a searched result if the target website security has been compromised.
Basically, any website that’s been compromised or altered by a third party will be listed in Google Hacked Site Notifications which will eventually try to warn and prevent users from visitng that site or the webpage.
Here’s what the notification looks like:
According to Google :
This is an attempt to further pep up the security of search results offered by the search engine. The search results notifications will forewarn users of the risk involved in visiting a searched result if the target website security has been compromised.
Basically, any website that’s been compromised or altered by a third party will be listed in Google Hacked Site Notifications which will eventually try to warn and prevent users from visitng that site or the webpage.
Here’s what the notification looks like:
According to Google :
Today we’ve added a new notification to our search results that helps people know when a site may have been hacked. We’ve provided notices for malware for years, which also involve a separate warning page. Now we’re expanding the search results notifications to help people avoid sites that may have been compromised and altered by a third party, typically for spam. When a user visits a site, we want her to be confident the information on that site comes from the original publisher.
Should any such site appear in the search result, a “this site may be compromised” link will appear on the webpage which will redirect users to an article in Google Help Center while the link itself will lead users to the target website.
Google does this by detecting common signs of a hacked website and if anything is found suspicious, the notification is added to the seartch results. Google will also attempt to contact the affected website, if possible, using Google webmaster tools.
As you may expect to learn, Google also mentions that once the site security has been fixed, it will eliminate or de-index the Google Hacked Site Notification from that site. Until then, there is a fair possibility that the search results if tagged by GHSN will not be treated by users so well. Or, the affected website authorities can request a review after your site has been fixed with the security flaw.
Google does this by detecting common signs of a hacked website and if anything is found suspicious, the notification is added to the seartch results. Google will also attempt to contact the affected website, if possible, using Google webmaster tools.
As you may expect to learn, Google also mentions that once the site security has been fixed, it will eliminate or de-index the Google Hacked Site Notification from that site. Until then, there is a fair possibility that the search results if tagged by GHSN will not be treated by users so well. Or, the affected website authorities can request a review after your site has been fixed with the security flaw.
