< Back to Blog

Link farm SEO Hacking Reaches Australia
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 10:33:52 by Kerry Dye

An Australian company MD Webhosting has admitted being a victim to a similar hacking incident that resulted in hidden links being inserted into clients' sites to the one we reported earlier this month.

The ISP has admitted that their security was not up to scratch and that not all their customers were affected. If it is like the hacking we have been tracking, then only those customers with a high Google PageRank will have been targeted.

Although the compromise doesn't have the same visibility as stealing credit card data, the effect on a company's business that relies on organic search engine traffic can be dramatic, as they become innocent victims to bad-neighbourhood algorithm checks. 



Kerry Dye
Campaign Delivery Manager


Subscribe

Archives

Related Blogs
Google Chrome - First thoughts for SEO
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 12:20:35 by Emily Mace
Ranking Reports in SEO - Extracting the Value
Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:29:30 by Kerry Dye
Google Launch new browser
Tue, 2 Sep 2008 08:58:55 by Emily Mace
The Secret to Success for any SEO company - Talking to your Customers!
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:23:10 by Pete Handley
Splash pages really are dead...
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:30:38 by Kerry Dye
Client Testimonial for our SEO Services
Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:12:48 by Matt Hopkins
5 reason why a cheap SEO company won't help you
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:49:04 by Emily Mace