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I was about to order something from a website[1] that showed as first page result on Google Search. Spending couple of minutes on the site, it became obvious t

I was about to order something from a website[1] that showed as first page result on Google Search. Spending couple of minutes on the site, it became obvious that it is a scam website. Confirmed further by another search on domain[2]. I wanted to report it but there is no easy way to report this. So I gave up and hope no one falls for it. [1]: https:// https:// littletikes . savemoney . store [2]: https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=119138.0 https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=119138.0

eli 3y ago
You can report phishing sites really easily here https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?h... Or alternatively report an abusive google ad here https://support.google.com/ads/troubleshooter/4578507 https://support.google.com/ads/troubleshooter/4578507
- paulpauper 3y ago
  And likely nothing will happen.
  - BenjiWiebe 3y ago
    Ymmv but I've got very good results reporting websites to Google safe browsing and them getting blocked.
- jeroenhd 3y ago
  Every third of fourth technical Google search I try lists about 10 to 20 fake sites. Many of them using .it for some reason, but there are plenty of other TLDs with this problem as well. At this point I'll click a .biz before I click a .it. I'm not going to report hundreds of domains every month. Google needs to get their crap together. The same is very much true for other parts of Google as well. Youtube comments are hilariously full of spam. There's a pretty good tool out there to get rid of the spam, which just runs the comments through a basic spam filter, but for big channels you can't let the tool run for too long because of API call limits.
- amerkhalid 3y ago
  Thank you, I tried to report it from the search page. I clicked on the 3 dots menu. The options were not perfect for this kind of scam reporting but I selected something close enough. Then it took me to another page where there was a huge form to fill out. It should be easier to report scams or phishing sites from search page, imo.

eli 3y ago

You can report phishing sites really easily here https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?hl=en https://safebrowsing.google.com/safebrowsing/report_phish/?h... Or alternatively report an abusive google ad here https://support.google.com/ads/troubleshooter/4578507 https://support.google.com/ads/troubleshooter/4578507

paulpauper 3y ago
And likely nothing will happen.
- BenjiWiebe 3y ago
  Ymmv but I've got very good results reporting websites to Google safe browsing and them getting blocked.
jeroenhd 3y ago
Every third of fourth technical Google search I try lists about 10 to 20 fake sites. Many of them using .it for some reason, but there are plenty of other TLDs with this problem as well. At this point I'll click a .biz before I click a .it. I'm not going to report hundreds of domains every month. Google needs to get their crap together. The same is very much true for other parts of Google as well. Youtube comments are hilariously full of spam. There's a pretty good tool out there to get rid of the spam, which just runs the comments through a basic spam filter, but for big channels you can't let the tool run for too long because of API call limits.
amerkhalid 3y ago
Thank you, I tried to report it from the search page. I clicked on the 3 dots menu. The options were not perfect for this kind of scam reporting but I selected something close enough. Then it took me to another page where there was a huge form to fill out. It should be easier to report scams or phishing sites from search page, imo.