A strange issue
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We developed this website www.stevenprigge.com
When you search for STEVEN PRIGGE in google, the first listing you get is for www.stevenprigge.com, but when you click on it it takes you to some other website.
Can somebody tell me why is this happening?
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Thanks for all the help Anton and Tommy. We were able to resolve the issues with help from both of you.
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I'm getting the same issue.
The problem seems to be a "referer exploit". I found this on a Google Groups forum:
From Google Groups (http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help-UsingWS/browse_thread/thread/2219b91fc28ecb51?pli=1)
_"This sounds like the "referer exploit" where web-sites are hacked and files, such as .htaccess have been modified. When trying to access specific sites through a link in search results, the redirect occurs. When typing the URL manually into the address bar, the redirect does not occur. _
_Here is a discussion on this from the Internet Storm Center: _
_http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5150 _
_These are discussions from Google Web Search Help: _
_http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Web_Search_Help/search?hl=en&gr... _
_This is a similar discussion in the Webmaster Help Group: _
_http://groups.google.com/group/Google_Webmaster_Help-Indexing/browse_... _
_And here is one from Ask Dave Taylor: _
_http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_people_hack_apache_web_server_rewrit... _
_Hopefully, these documents will help you resolve the issue with your _
_web-site (and/or provide enough information for the web-hosting _
_provider to do so.) __Another user recently reported that it was necessary to scroll down _
_beyond the blank lines that had been inserted at the top of _
the .htaccess files, to find the code that was added. "Hope this helps.
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wow the link you gave is the exact problem we are facing. Thanks a tonne. I will get back to you when the issue is resolved, or even if it is not.
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My client Steven Prigge in US too see the same issue
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Done some google:ing and found this:
Maybe this will help you!
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Strange, I get to the page I click on, as expected.
Try and clean your cookies in the browser, then do the search + click again.
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When I search for 'STEVEN PRIGGE' in google, the first two search results are for the website www.StevenPrigge.com and www.StevenPrigge.com/aboug/bio/ respecitively.
When I click on either of them, I get directed to a website http://monkeyball.osa.pl/?said=3333g&q=
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Hi!
I´ve followed your instructions but I cant recreate your issue.
What other website are you coming to?
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