SERP’s For Gmail 302 Hijacked
August 5 | Posted by Ankit | GoogleTheGoogleCatche reported this last night that gMail is itself 302 Hijacked into Google SERP’s.
Here are some of the Pics, I got from there website:
This is how it was looking as Gmail.com itself was hijacked in Google.
Gmail.com, or mail.google.com, are not ranking for the keyword gmail.com in Google. Instead, the ranking is replaced by a spam blog on blogspot.com
The catche page was showing the page that of gMail:
The perpetrator may have done this accidentally, however it appears that he did use spam-links to attempt to rank the site.
However, The owner of the blog has not replaced the content with something more malicious, like malware or a phishing site.
Look like Google has now replaced the 302 Hijacked now with a 301 redirect (they own blogspot.com). For people who have never heard of a 302 hijack, here is a nice primer: The 302 Exploit
Source: The Google Catche
There are many other terms that have been hijacked as of yesterday, not just “gmail”.
Expedia, RoadTripHelper, Travelocity, IBM almost any search sends you to a fake site. I hope Google works on this quick because all theie search engine results become completely useless.