On 21/11/2008, at 11:07 PM, Joe Baker wrote:
Hi All
During the past two weeks I have been experiencing problems with
Google searching in Safari. It is happening more and more frequently.
When entering a search and clicking on a link, I go through various
addresses and end up on some weird sites that have nothing to do
with what I searching for.
The first address usually begins with http://www.google.com/au/
search? with a search string that I entered.
Then it goes to an address beginning http://copy-book.com/ (and
again with the serach string).
Then it gets redirected, jumped through various addresses that begin
with ISP likes
http://99.198.101.42 (somewhere in Houston Texas) and
http://216.133.243.28 (somewhere in Las Vegas Nevada)
and finally I end up on those strange websites.
If I go back (using the previous page arrows) and select again - and
maybe repeat this a few times, things seem to return to normal and I
can reach my required destination.
Also when the initial Google result are displayed on the first page,
none of them have the cache link
and if you try and select other pages the same first page is
displayed.
And is the following a similar problem - or is it just targeted
marketing? A couple of weeks ago I started seeing Vimax ads
repeatedly on pages I frequently visited. Now some of these sites
are very respectable websites and I do not think they would be
advertising this stuff.
Regards
Joe Baker
Joe,
You do not say what version of Safari or MacOSX so I have to give you
this in general terms .....
Under the Safari drop down menu from the top line Action " empty
cache "
Then in Safari preferences ( also under that same drop down menu )
Select Security and click on Show Cookies ACtion " Remove All "
Quit Safari and do a Restart .
Then see how you get on .
Bob
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