[Discuss] Strange Google Search Results

Nathan Meyers nmeyers at javalinux.net
Mon Jan 9 22:23:45 EST 2012


This is probably wildly OT, other than that the Web server is hosted on 
Linux, but I thought I'd start my inquiries here...

I'm Webmaster for a site running the ExponentCMS Content Management 
System. I just learned that Google and Bing searches are returning some 
bizarre results. Here's a sample result from a Google search for "North 
Shore Skating Club":

>
>       Microsoft Office 2010 Free Trial --- Discount -168% price off
>       <http://www.nsskating.net/>
>
> www.nsskating.net/
> Apr 18, 2011 -- /North Shore Skating Club/. Welcome to the /North 
> Shore Skating Club/ Web Site. Please use the menu at the left to 
> navigate the site and learn *...*

The link points to the right location, but the text of the link comes 
from... where? There's no evidence the CMS was hacked - the "Microsoft 
Office..." text does not appear anywhere on any page on the site. Anyone 
seen anything like this?

Nathan




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