Old site got hacked. what would you do?

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AmazingParty

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Well, one of my old sites have been hacked (fitness niche). Hackers used my site to create viagra, casino and similar pages and then create backlinks to those pages. LOL, now site has an ahref 30 DA

1- would you delete thos pages, or 301 them to homepage?
2- would you disawow those backlinks?
 
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Great! They do the hard job for you. The backlink posts posted by the hackers are ranked at Google? If yes, just redirect to your page , that traffic will be good for you.

Also , do you have the contact of the hackers? I want to meet them lol
 
AmazingParty said:
Well, one of my old sites have been hacked (fitness niche). Hackers used my site to create viagra, casino and similar pages and then create backlinks to those pages. LOL, now site has an ahref 30 DA

1- would you delete thos pages, or 301 them to homepage?
2- would you disawow those backlinks?
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Just delete those weird pages from your site so they're gone and tell Google to ignore the spam links pointing to your site so they don't cause any trouble
 
I also got all of my sites hacked a couple of days ago due to an outdated plugin, I think. It took me a whole day to clean up the entire mess.

I would disavow such links. Increasing the DA is not a big thing.
 
AmazingParty said:
Well, one of my old sites have been hacked (fitness niche). Hackers used my site to create viagra, casino and similar pages and then create backlinks to those pages. LOL, now site has an ahref 30 DA

1- would you delete thos pages, or 301 them to homepage?
2- would you disawow those backlinks?
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Better deleting the pages is the smart move. Or you can just disawow the backlinks, as DA is not a big deal.
 
Yes, delete the hacked pages, don't 301 them . After deleting the pages, monitor your website for any reappearance of the hacked content. You may need to take further action to secure your site.
 
If your old site is hacked, find out how and take it offline if needed. Remove harmful content, update software, change passwords, and scan for malware. Restore from a clean backup, monitor for future hacks, and consider professional help if unsure.
 
First use DDOS protection, then remove those hacked pages, then ask google for removing spam content and link,Build new backlinks with quality content and regain your ranking.
finally update your software, monitor regularly to avoid DDOS attack again.
 
As you said the site has been hacked and used illegal niche pages, without removing those pages and redirecting it to your site might do anything but harm
 
  • Use DDOS protection to remove the hacked links from your site, take your site offline temporarily, and fix things.
  • If you can't handle the issues, return a 503 status code to prevent it from being crawled.
  • Use webmaster or Google URL Inspection Tool to check for cloaked hacked content.
  • To prevent your site from getting hacked again, you should identify how your site was compromised.
  • Update the site security plugin to have a secure website and monitor the site.
 
Better delete the Hacked Page , Publish high-quality relevant content and continue best practices for SEO and website security.
 
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