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POPSGoogle Blacklists more than 11 Million Websites
The .co.cc second-level domain is not officially authorized and is owned by an independent Korean company. The firm claims to have 11,383,736 registered domains and 5,731,278 user accounts. If those numbers are accurate, that means Google has blocked one of the largest domain extensions in the world (bigger than both .org and .uk by over 2 million domains). On his blog post, Fishes says that owners of a shut-down site should contact their subdomain provider if Google’s SafeBrowsing service shows it to be unsecure. From there, they say, they can use tools available through Google to help remedy the problem. “If you feel that your particular site is in line with our Webmaster Guidelines, I would recommend submitting a reconsideration request. Additionally, if you use a subdomain on a widely used domain name, and feel that your subdomain provider is not up to par with regards to preventing and handling abuse quickly you may wish to look into ways of remedying that.”