Random URLs redirect to my webpage

  • I’ve found that unbeknownst to me, a number of spammy-sounding URLs have no purpose other than to automatically redirect to my webpage.

    My webpage is https://www.playsubmissionshelper.com. However, among others, GPFCBenefits.com and MyBenefitsConnector.com, redirect to my url.

    Perhaps(?) this may be something stemming from inside my WordPress site, because when I installed Super Cache, the cached websites that appeared in my supercache folder included the two spammy-sounding URLs listed above.

    Anybody have any idea what’s going on, or how I can fix it??

    Many thanks!

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  • Hi,

    You need to contact owners of those website and see what’s happening. Use Whois tools to look up the owner.

    Dinsan

    A few possible explanations:

    1. They needed content to get their domains indexed, so they stole yours.
    2. Are you a seller on Clickbank or similar network? They might just be lazy affiliates.
    3. It’s a competitor who is actively trying to hurt your rankings by creating duplicate content on other websites.
    4. The only modification they did was to self host two of your Javascript files. Right now they’re identical, but they could have intentions to do something bad.

    Two recommended actions:

    1. File a DMCA complaint with their host, it’s the only way to expect a response from a webhost.
    2. Add this Javascript to one of your scripts to redirect to your actual site if the domain is incorrect.
      I would add it to the bottom of /dap/javascript/dapcart/paymentvalidation.js

      <script type="text/javascript">
if(/(www\.)?playsubmissionshelper\.com/.test(window.location.host) === false) {
   window.location = "https://www.playsubmissionshelper.com";
}
</script>

      This should have an immediate effect since they’re linking directly to that script.

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