Google.com Blocked Website: What Should You Do?

If Google has blocked a site, i.e. added your resource to the list of unsafe ones, then an unpleasant message will appear in search results and certain browsers: “This site may harm your computer,” sometimes its content varies: “Perhaps this site has been hacked.”

If you do not pay attention to the fact that Google has blocked the site, considering it to contain malware, codes, spyware, and other programs dangerous to users’ computers, then very quickly the internet resource will drop out of Google search results, and all popular browsers (Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera …) will block access to it.

In this article, we’ll tell you what to do if Google.com blocked website or your account.

Read more about Google privacy here.

Unpleasant consequences of website blocking

If you are irresponsible about the security of your resource, hackers took advantage of “holes” in it to introduce viruses or phishing links, and Google blocked the site, then your income from this Internet project will drop significantly, because:

The site will go down in the ratings.
You will lose user traffic and the trust of your customers.

What should you do if google.com blocked website?

When a sign appears about blocking a web resource, use the column: “Why the site was blocked.” Based on its content, measures will be taken to “resuscitate” your “brainchild.”

In most cases, when Google blocks a site for the content of viruses, it follows:

1. Remove malware on the site, and treat the computer with an antivirus.
2. Change ftp passwords.
3. Upload virus-free scripts to the server (if necessary, use a backup copy of the site).

After performing a number of these actions, many owners of a resource blocked by Google make a mistake, believing that now the search engine will remove its ban. It will take it off, but it may take several months until the search engine robots delete your internet page from the list of dangerous ones.

Google monitors all your actions on the internet. Learn more here.

Google can even block any account

Perhaps someone will be surprised by this news, but Google has the full and legal right to close the account. To understand all the rules of the service, privileges, and requirements, it is worth reading the full “Terms of Service.” All you need to know is the following line:

“We may suspend or terminate the provision of our services to you in case of violation of the terms, the service use policy, or if suspicious behavior is detected.”

To make it even clearer: “Google can stop the service or completely block access to any account if the company does not like something.”

Google’s official document states that the company can block the account in case of abuse or interference with its services. At first glance, it seems that Google cares about the people around it and prohibits the use of services not for their intended purpose. This may include hacking the Play Store to get free apps. It also seems that Google primarily protects its own products from DDoS attacks.

Is DDoS attack danger? Learn more here.

With all this, it is worth understanding each word more broadly. After all, Google has full authority to calculate that someone is using the service incorrectly. The power of the user and all means of support often turn out to be absolutely useless. In other words, Google has all the power over the account and nothing can be done about it.

One of the latest examples: a lot of YouTube users have blocked Google accounts (and not just YouTube profiles) for sending spam in a video stream with emojis. However, the owner of the channel independently asked to fill up his video with emoticons. Google definitely should not have taken such drastic measures and completely blocked the account. Yes, the company activated the accounts of all users, but this happened after the trial and only a few days later. Many people were already starting to worry about their data.

It is worth being vigilant and not storing everything on Google

The risk of a Google account being banned is quite low, so it usually does not threaten law-abiding people. If the profile is not used in criminal or disgusting acts, you can consider yourself relatively safe. However, Google’s comprehensive coverage of most aspects of electronic life helps to reflect that the company can take everything at any moment.

The best way to protect yourself is to prepare for account blocking, that is, not to rely entirely on one company. If an unexpected ban ever befalls, it will not cause such devastating damage. After all, no one is immune from blocking, even following the rules of Google, there is a possibility of a ban, as evidenced by the example with emoticons.

The best recipe for protection is the creation of multiple accounts and regular backup of data.

For example, if you store numerous photos and videos in Google Photos, you should create backups on your computer’s hard drive. It is better to carry out a similar procedure with Google Play Music compositions, with work reports in Google Docs, and files on Google Drive. Even in the case of rare backups, it will be possible to save at least some useful data when blocking.

An alternative method is to use multiple accounts for different Google services. For example, you can make a profile for a “smart home,” which is used to communicate with Chromecast, Nest, Wi-Fi, and other devices. Another account can be used to store all the media. If one of the accounts ever gets blocked, the damage will not be so enormous.

Both methods lead to inconveniences and contradict the idea of easy access to all Google services. However, numerous cases of illegal account bans and full control over electronic life on the part of the company should make you think about personal security.

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