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Google doesn't notify anybody, you have to find out for yourself the hard way. And after that, it forces the owners of the site to register with Google and use

Google doesn't notify anybody, you have to find out for yourself the hard way. And after that, it forces the owners of the site to register with Google and use Google services just to even figure out why, and to get their sites unflagged. And that is after the owner even figured out how and where to contact Google.

dchest 13y ago
Yes, they do. If you've signed up for Webmaster Tools, you'll get notified by email. They don't force anyone to sign up. If you do nothing other than fixing your website, eventually Google will check it again and remove from blacklist. Seriously, what's your complaint? If you don't want to get blacklisted, don't let your site be hacked. If your site is hacked, and you're complaining that Google blacklisted it and notified you about it, you're dumb. And guess what -- they provide this service (and also pay the real person to review your re-listing request) for FREE.
MertsA 13y ago
Google sends out emails to a bunch of different addresses like webmaster@domain.com, abuse@domain.com, etc and notifies anyone signed up through Google Webmaster tools. The only improvement I can think of would be if they notified whoever was listed after doing a WHOIS of the domain but that's a little hard to automate. >And after that, it forces the owners of the site to register with Google and use Google services just to even figure out why, and to get their sites unflagged. Google forces you to prove that you own the domain before they give you any information that they don't release publicly. How else do you suggest they go about not releasing everything publicly? Also, all you have to do as a site owner is click on the safe browsing diagnostic link and go from there.
- david_acw 13y ago
  In our case the email alerts went out 12 hours after they identified our site and started giving the warning to users. We got several calls from customers before being notified by Google.

dchest 13y ago

Yes, they do. If you've signed up for Webmaster Tools, you'll get notified by email. They don't force anyone to sign up. If you do nothing other than fixing your website, eventually Google will check it again and remove from blacklist. Seriously, what's your complaint? If you don't want to get blacklisted, don't let your site be hacked. If your site is hacked, and you're complaining that Google blacklisted it and notified you about it, you're dumb. And guess what -- they provide this service (and also pay the real person to review your re-listing request) for FREE.

MertsA 13y ago

Google sends out emails to a bunch of different addresses like webmaster@domain.com, abuse@domain.com, etc and notifies anyone signed up through Google Webmaster tools. The only improvement I can think of would be if they notified whoever was listed after doing a WHOIS of the domain but that's a little hard to automate. >And after that, it forces the owners of the site to register with Google and use Google services just to even figure out why, and to get their sites unflagged. Google forces you to prove that you own the domain before they give you any information that they don't release publicly. How else do you suggest they go about not releasing everything publicly? Also, all you have to do as a site owner is click on the safe browsing diagnostic link and go from there.

david_acw 13y ago
In our case the email alerts went out 12 hours after they identified our site and started giving the warning to users. We got several calls from customers before being notified by Google.