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Popular Torrent Site Disappears From Google After Penalty

Posted by Soulskill on from the you-can't-get-there-from-here dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Following what appears to be a severe penalty, the popular torrent site KickassTorrents has become pretty much unfindable in Google. Meanwhile, the top search result in many locations points to a scam site that's serving malware to its visitors. For now, only DuckDuckGo presents the real site as a main result. With millions of visitors per day, KickassTorrents is arguably the most visited torrent site on the Internet, and has gained new users during the moments when the notorious Pirate Bay has been offline.

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  1. Umm by jwymanm · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Did they try just kickass? First result is kat.cr - it even comes up in the url/search bar while I am typing.

  2. I used duckduckgo for other reasons... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Interesting

    but this is as compelling as ANY of them, frankly.