Yahoo! Shows Google as a Malware! Turns out to be Yahoo! URL Mix-Up!
May 13th, 2008 | 1,458 Views RSS Feed
Since the successful launch of McAfee powered Yahoo's Search Scan, it was only a matter of time for something to go wrong. It seems luck just isn't going Yahoo's way.
According to a post on TechCrunch, a small glitch in the Yahoo! SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages) that are now powered by SearchScan showed the Google Home Page as a potential Malware Threat.
Search results on Yahoo! for the query Astalavista returned various results with Google.com as a part of search results. The Google home page was placed at position tenth and was marked as 'Dangerous Downloads'. It seems like Yahoo! somehow managed to mix-up Google's URL with that of Astalavista's.
However, Yahoo! has now corrected the mistake and for the same search query, the results are exactly what they should be.
Yahoo! needs to take a second look at these mistakes, as it may cause further troubles that might be difficult to encounter. Additionally, if Yahoo! is indeed looking for a partnership with Google, it should better watch its steps.
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May 13th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
At least Yahoo is doing something about the malware in their directory serps. I have complained to Google about the same for months. In fact Google stores so much malware in cached pages that it is no wonder mefee lists them as a No No.
May 14th, 2008 at 7:42 am
That was a ghost listing on rarely-searched keyword.
We have been wrongly subjected to a red warning about SPAM on any listing that remains for AnyCoupons on Yahoo. We saw most of our paid search campaigns taken offline after a 5-year relationsip (9 years if you count my employment with GoTo / Overture) and had our Paid Inclusion campaign terminated after 4 years. All due to a false positive.
McAfee removed the false positive yesterday morning but Yahoo has done nothing.
You can read all of the details including Yahoo's e-mails to me at http://www.revenews.com/davidlewis/my-life-as-a-spammer-or-so-says-yahoo/#comment-16159
-David