In a recent article by Richard Adhikari on Datamation we find that hackers and spammers are tricking the advertised links on the right in some of Googles search results. When you type in whatever it is you’re looking for, in the search results you’ll see your normal crop of organic site listings. For instance, if we type “computer doctor repair Richmond” into Google, we get the usual suspects in our search results. However, in the sponsored links on the right there are several other links (see pic below). What this article is saying is that spammers have figured out how to manipulate these sponsored results on the right and they could lead you to dangerous and malicious sites.

So, as always, proceed with caution when Google-ing. And of course, we are here to help when you need us.

Ps. Do you ever get tired of people asking you to “Google” something for them? If so, LetMeGoogleThatForYou.com is exactly what you need. You go to their site, Google something, and it will create a very short video clip that you can send to someone. Give it a try, it is great fun.

Here’s one we made LMGTFY

The Computer Doctor of Richmond