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Millions of Pages Google Hijacked using ODP Feed

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-this-isn't-going-well dept.

The Real Nick W writes "Threadwatch reports that millions of pages are being Google Hijacked using the 302 redirect exploit and the ODP's RDF dump. The problem has been around for a couple of years and is just recently starting to make major headlines. By using the Open Directory's data dump of around 4 million sites, and 302'ing each of those sites, the havoc being wreaked on the Google database could have catastrophic effects for both Google and the websites involved."

2 of 427 comments (clear)

  1. Good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Google index has been a mess the last 6 months to a year. If something like this forces them to get their act together and stop ranking garbage at the top, good.

  2. RTFA by Shaper_pmp · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Read the fucking article - you don't have to have any access to the victim site to do this - you only need to have a higher pagerank than them.

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