Google Checkout Homepage Hijacked By Hibidder.Com!

I just searched for “Google Checkout” on Google and the first result (not sponsored) displayed a title of “use google checkout on hibidder com free”–interesting. Now unless Google has teamed up with Hibidder.com *cough* something funny’s up. See the screenshot below:

Is anybody else seeing this? What’s the verdict? If you click the result the title is correct, however.
I wonder how long that’ll last, comments welcome!

ADDITIONAL COVERAGE:

Search Engine Roundtable | Search Engine Land | Digg

UPDATE:

When I woke up this morning Google had fixed it: clickity click click.

16 comments:

1. Search Engine Roundtable (Trackback), 30. April 2007, 14:04 Google Checkout Search Result Apparently “Hijacked”… On a DigitalPoint Forums post, member Jon West notices that the searching for Google Checkout currently displays some interesting results: the Google Checkout page appears with the anchor text of “use google checkout on hibidder com free” I was able….
2. Google Checkout Homepage Hijacked :: Latha-Math.com(Pingback), 30. April 2007, 14:06 […] Hier ist noch ein netter Herr aus dem DP Forum, der sich damit auseinander gesetzt hat: Jon West […]
3. Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing(Trackback), 30. April 2007, 14:38 Google Checkout’s Title Goes Missing On Google… Something look odd in the search results above for google checkout? Yes, that’s the official Google Checkout home page listed first, but it’s most definitely NOT the right title for the Google Checkout page. That’s got folks at Digg wondering if Go…
4. TechTear :: T_T » ¿Google Checkout hackeado?(Pingback), 30. April 2007, 16:46 […] Un blogger estadounidense, autor del blog Jon West anunció hoy que al buscar el término “Google Checkout” en el buscador de Google se encontró con un primer resultado (no esponsoreado) que tenía algunos cambios en el título. […]
5. Googlified(Trackback), 30. April 2007, 20:38 Google is Broken, Again… Starting earlier today, when you search “Google Checkout” on Google, the first result is titled “use google checkout on hibidder com free“. A bit weird, don’t you think? (from the normal “Google Checkout”) Wel…
6. Dave, 30. April 2007, 23:42 But the actual links are valid Google Checkout urls. Maybe they’re putting random google checkout vendor in the title results to help promote them?
7. watch live tv, 1. May 2007, 0:37 wow it’s no longer showing up, I guessed they fixed it. But it brings up some serious issues if someone can insert their own code in their.
8. Google Checkout Homepage Hijacked by… [Sitening Digg @ Ectio.us](Pingback), 1. May 2007, 2:00 […] Link From jon-west.com […]
9. Motorcycle Guy, 1. May 2007, 12:09 That’s pretty crazy, you would think that they would be least likely to mess up on themselves. I bet it something like the googlebot got caught up spidering hibidder’s checkout page. Probably no foul play or anything involved.
10. Search Engine Land(Trackback), 1. May 2007, 14:36 Google Checkout’s Title Goes Missing On Google… Something look odd in the search results above for google checkout ? Yes, that’s the official Google…
11. Google Checkout Hijacked? at Technology Bites(Pingback), 1. May 2007, 18:46 […] Looks like google checkout search result on Google hijacked by hibidder.com. Search for Google Checkout on Google, the first result you will see is “use google checkout on hibidder com free”. Is this mean google chekout result is hijacked by hibidder.com. But when you click the link it goes to original google checkout page. found here […]
12. Minefeed.com(Trackback), 2. May 2007, 11:01 Google Checkout’s Title Goes Missing On Google… Something look odd in the search results above for
    google checkout?
    Yes, that’s the official Google […]…
13. Hostgator » Blog Archive » Google Checkout Homepage Hijacked by Hibidder.com!(Pingback), 28. May 2007, 6:10 […] I just searched for “Google Checkout” on Google and the first result (not sponsored) displayed a title of “use google checkout on hibidder com free.” See the screenshot!read more | digg story […]
14. Bob, 19. June 2007, 14:09 hmmmmm!
15. bgg, 26. August 2007, 23:59 Thank you for you work! Good Luck.e
16. Techo Zed Meuw » Google Checkout Homepage Hijacked by Hibidder.com!(Pingback), 1. November 2007, 7:44 […] read more | digg story […]

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