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Malware Site That's Ranked 61st in World

3 pointsby rwhyanalmost 3 years ago

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rwhyanalmost 3 years ago
I came across this interesting website that shows to be ranking 61st globally, according to SimilarWeb.<p>It is categorized as an &quot;adult&quot; website, but searching for it on Google only provides a list of sites claiming its malware. UBlock also flags the site as malware.<p>According to SimilarWeb, it has 700+ million monthly traffic.<p>And it has over 17.7 million backlinks according to my backlink checker, yet ranks for zero keywords (probably blacklisted).<p>Only the subdomain `syndication.[second-level-domain].com` is accessible, and the earliest archive.org for this subdomain is from May 13, 2020.<p>I suspect is has to do with malware and browser infections, causing users to unwittingly redirect to their website, explaining the huge traffic.<p>Anybody have further insights into what&#x27;s going on here?
Nextgridalmost 3 years ago
I&#x27;ve always thought these &quot;ranking&quot; websites to be complete bunk - is there any evidence they aren&#x27;t?