FYI: Real, but really fake PR, and SE ranking

[Biggie]

while doing some probing on our company websites today, i happened to view the source code on a page.


i noticed this line of coding that seemed suspicious

<font style='position:absolute;overflow:hidden;height:0;width:0'>
that code makes the links invisible when viewing the website.

below the code were links to "bpphonebook.com", using terms like "Buy phentermine american express" as key phrases attached to these links.

(if anybody wants to check the backlinks on that name, lmk and i'll tell you our domain to see if it's on the link list)

of course i immediately researched to code and found it to be BH (blackhat) technique for fraudulent pr building.

later i passed the info over to our IT dept and they are working on it now.



posted this as a warning for others if not aware and also for readers to take note on how pr can be faked.


just one more of the reasons why i never put value in pr domains.

 

[Shane]

That's also blacklist worthy infraction.

 

[amplify]

How did the code get there in the first place? CMS exploit, plugin exploit or inside job?

I had a free plugin once and wondered why it had a short encrypted code built in, I thought nothing of it as it could be a callback for a copyright footer. For the hell of it, I manually removed the footer and it still worked. That's when I broke the code apart and realized that they were siphoning AdSense.

I will never go free again, though paid has their downsides as well because they are vulnerable to exploit just as much.