Blog spammers have exploited a vulnerability in the archive.org website, in order to redirect users to paid-for pharmaceuticals listings. The practice has unfortunately become increasingly common, with innocent websites being hacked or otherwise exploited in order to try and capture traffic from Google.

The method arises because Google Search has an element in its ranking algorthm that prefers established websites that are seen as “authoritative”. If an established website is hacked or exploited, spammers can then leverage the website’s natural strong rankings in Google to capture more traffic for advertising leads. Blog spammers hack archive.org

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