: How long will Google take to index our site correctly after cleaning up a pharmaceutical hack? I help make edits to a hockey association website. It was recently hacked and now in Google search
I help make edits to a hockey association website. It was recently hacked and now in Google search it shows pharmaceutical info for titles and page info, and then takes it to a pharmaceutical site, or should say did. I was able to locate the .php file that was redirecting everything.
However, the problem still remaining is that Google is listing our pages in the search engine as being pharmaceutical related. I only took care of this about an hour ago. Will this still list incorrectly until Google re indexes the site again?
Is there more than simply removing a PHP file and correcting .htaccess which was telling it to go to that PHP file? Is there a way to speed up the re-indexing?
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I have seen this happen to clients, but it sounds like your site is not listed with Google Webmaster Tools.
The reason being, usually you get notified through their Google Webmaster Tools console and by email, stating all the reasons and pages that contain the malware. There will also be a button to "request for review" which you do after the site has been cleaned.
On average, it takes about a week, though they say 2-3 weeks.
Learn more: developers.google.com/webmasters/hacked/docs/request_review
Mind you, If the malware is not fixed quickly, they will add "This site may be hacked" in the SERP content and then blacklisted, if still not corrected.
Is there more than simply removing a PHP file and correcting .htaccess
Yes and No: Every hack is different
If you do not know how to harden the site or the site requires upgrades the client does not want to pay for, then you may want to bring up options like a firewall or malware and security scans / removal services.
You can test your site here for free "advanced" basic scans and outdated plugins etc. sitecheck.sucuri.net//
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