[Gogole.fr] Counterfeiting

SirHill Posted messages 4070 Status Contributor -  
 jeremy1998 -
Hello everyone,

Maybe you have already typed [http://www.gogole.fr] while trying to go to Google?
I thought it was a redirect, but that is not the case:

- the homepage is not the same as the original ("Number of web pages indexed by Google," "Google is hiring" link, and link to the directory)
- WHOIS
- the AdWords on the right are not displayed
- search page "search.php"
- when performing a search without specifying keywords, the homepage is displayed again but without the logo :)
...

:S

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sebsauvage Posted messages 33284 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   15 684
 
mmm, it doesn't smell good.

The domain gogole.fr belongs to www.hostingfrance.com

Even if there's nothing to say they are doing something shady, I really don't like that they are trying to pass themselves off as the original.

We don’t know what they do with the terms entered into their search engine.

It smells like identity theft.

When Google comes down on them, it's going to hurt.
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