"Deceptive site ahead" error in website

 One of my client's website was flagged as deceptive by browsers like google chrome and firefox. Their business email communication is associated with this domain name, and this issue made it difficult for client communications. Emails stopped coming as the domain was listed as suspicious by google DNS. 


While using google crawlers to make the website SEO and to integrate google analytics, google will analyze the website in every aspect to make their search engine experience seamless. One of their analysis criteria is checking for social engineering attacks which include 3 types such as phishing, deceptive content, and insufficiently labeled third-party services. My client's website was flagged as a deceptive site by google because of the presence of social engineering. 

To make the site interactive and to deliver the social media feeds directly through the website I integrated the social media handles of Facebook and Twitter. This was integrated as iframes in a specific part of the website's home page. Except for these APIs, I am responsible for the whole code and am pretty sure that there is no social engineering in my logic. This prompted me to remove the social media integrations from the website and redeploy them. Later on, the website starts to work well and the flag had revoked by Google. The website is live and listed in google again.

Conclusion

When it comes to website design and development, it is crucial to ensure that the site is free of any deceptive or malicious content that could compromise user security and experience. The integration of social media handles and APIs should be done with care, to avoid any potential red flags from browsers like Google and Firefox. In this case, the website was flagged as deceptive due to the presence of social engineering in the social media handles integrated, but the issue was resolved by removing the problematic integrations and redeploying the website. By being vigilant and proactive, website owners can protect their visitors and maintain their site's reputation and credibility.

Ameen Abdulsalam

www.ameen.click

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