Google Webmaster Tools Offers Notifications for Hacking and Abuse

Google Webmaster Tools seems to be the most important tool for any webmasters and bloggers for FREE and it is among the top tool now on the internet together with Yahoo Site Explorer and Bing Webmaster Tool. There have been a lot and continuous development and improvement provided by Google in the hope to best serve blogger community to keep the internet clean and fresh.

I have updated you guys several news regarding the Google Webmaster Tools like Google Webmaster Tools Upgrades Keywords Report Feature and then Site Performance: Check Your Site Speed Within Google Webmaster Tools, Google Webmaster Tools Automatically Show Favicon of Your Sites. Now, there is another interesting update that I am sure many of you have been waiting for. It is new feature that help you know whether your blog is being hacked or abused.

Starting this month, we will notify more webmasters of more potential issues we’ve detected on their websites, including:

* Spammy or abused user-generated content
* Abused forum pages or egregious amounts of comment spam
* Suspected hacking

These notifications are meant to alert webmasters of potential issues and provide next steps on how to get their sites fixed and back into Google’s search results. If it pertains to a hacking or abuse issue, the notification will point to example URLs exhibiting this type of behavior. These notifications will run in parallel with our existing malware notifications.

Here is the notification example that has been posted early today on Google Webmaster Tools blog:

Demo of Notification

This is not a brand new feature but it would be a new one to many bloggers as they have never been notified of such updates. Google have been notifying webmasters of suspected hacking for years, but a recent upgrade to its systems will allow them to notify many more site owners that have been hacked.

I have jut login my account but not seeing any notice like this. That is great as my site is now in safe stand. However, having a look at your webmaster tool account on regular basis will give you a good view on how safe your site will be and have timely action on any issues notified by Google. You can also set the feature that send the notification alert to your mailbox.

Thanks Google and good luck to you guys!

[via Google Webmaster Tools Blog]

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