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Hi, i have a wordpress website which is related to health, but when i search my website on google it shows some indexed links from my site which is related dating niche, like https:/mydomain.com/any-totally-free-dating-sites, when i click on that, it shows 404 error. i checked all my posts and pages but there is no such posts or pages.
Kindly help to remove or deindex those links from search results, and how to find that culprit.

Also i am not able to index new posts and pages.

Thank You
 
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1) Download your web-site filesystem and run a virus check on your local PC
2) Read logs on server
3) Create a sitemap and send it to Google
 
rankpowerhouse said:
Your site's been compromised.
Download, install and set up Wordfence. Make sure it scans outside of the WP folders too (there's a setting for it).
Your host may also be able to sort it for you
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Thank You, I will do it now
 
Let me check your website
Please send out the domain name
 
Guys, when it's hacked, why are the subpages 404?
Most obvious reason for the results in google is that the domain was registrated before and google still has old stuff in it's index.
Check if google has cached the page, by clicking on the arrow behind the url. If so, click on the cached view and check the date when it was cached.
If it's older then your site, it's not hacked or anything.
 
Bugfisch said:
Guys, when it's hacked, why are the subpages 404?
Most obvious reason for the results in google is that the domain was registrated before and google still has old stuff in it's index.
Check if google has cached the page, by clicking on the arrow behind the url. If so, click on the cached view and check the date when it was cached.
If it's older then your site, it's not hacked or anything.
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I've had hacks with the same behaviour. Pages appear and disappear.
He didn't give an indication that he just bought the site, and he said that new content isn't indexed, so I'd hazard a guess that his site is compromised and he should scan it.
 
rankpowerhouse said:
I've had hacks with the same behaviour. Pages appear and disappear.
He didn't give an indication that he just bought the site, and he said that new content isn't indexed, so I'd hazard a guess that his site is compromised and he should scan it.
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No problem, I didn't want to blame anyone and of course there's this risk ;)
And if so, you're absolutly right - also some hosting provider will simpy delete everything if there's malware involved.
Excluding the most healthy option before panicing just seems like the better way to me - since the only thing we have as a is the google index and this can be outdated^^
 
Bugfisch said:
No problem, I didn't want to blame anyone and of course there's this risk ;)
And if so, you're absolutly right - also some hosting provider will simpy delete everything if there's malware involved.
Excluding the most healthy option before panicing just seems like the better way to me - since the only thing we have as a is the google index and this can be outdated^^
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Sure, what you said is a possibility, but it's prudent to scan your site when you see anything weird come up in the SERPs for your domain or you can't rule it out.

My host would change the htaccess file so no one can visit the site, run a scan, delete the affected pages and change the passwords. Never had them simply delete everything.
 
rankpowerhouse said:
Your site's been compromised.
Download, install and set up Wordfence. Make sure it scans outside of the WP folders too (there's a setting for it).
Your host may also be able to sort it for you
Click to expand...
I agree, I used this service a few years ago. I think it cost me 49 bucks back then but may have been about double that. They got my cleared up after a month or two in total.
 
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