Quick question: Google and stupid search sites

[DAS]

Within the past few days, I've noticed that whatever I search for using Google - from "saffron walden" to "dairy products" - the site returns results that more often than not include:

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http://https:// - 37k

or

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http://www.upspiral.com/ - 35k

or

You can find saffron walden right now at 2020search.com.
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http://ws1.2020search.com/ - 56k

Now I'm starting to ponder whether this is spyware on my own machine... or is it? Do you get these results?

[noelfirl]

Google results 1-10:

Saffron Walden | SaffronShops The Online Information Guide
The Online Information Guide for Saffron Walden, Essex, England. ... Welcome, Welcome to SaffronShops.Com, the online information guide for Saffron Walden, Essex. ...
http://www.saffronshops.com/ - 14k - 26 Aug 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

The Saffron Walden Reporter
The Saffron Walden Reporter covers all the local news, sports and advertising online. The Saffron Walden Reporter, ...
http://www.saffronwalden-reporter.co.uk/ - 46k - 26 Aug 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

Saffron Walden Herts And Essex Building Society
... of the country's top five regional lenders. ©2004 Saffron Walden Herts and Essex Building Society, Website Terms and Conditions.
http://www.swhebs.co.uk/index.shtml - 10k - 26 Aug 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

Saffron Walden Town Council
... The great glory of Saffron Walden is the Parish Church of St. ... In emergency phone 999 Police Saffron Walden Police Station is situated in East Street. ...
http://www.saffronwalden.gov.uk/ - 67k - Cached - Similar pages

Saffron Walden Town Football Club
The official site of the oldest senior football club in Essex with news, club information, results,...
http://www.saffronwaldentownfc.com/ - 1k - Cached - Similar pages

Friends' School Saffron Walden
search our site: welcome, about the school, news and events, entry procedure, departments, parents' pages, pupils' page, links, old scholars, about quakers, staff ...
http://www.friends.org.uk/ - 22k - Cached - Similar pages

Saffire: Saffron Walden, Thaxted, Great Dunmow, Stansted ...
Information Service for and about Saffron Walden, Dunmow, Thaxted, Stansted and the whole of Uttlesford. The District of Uttlesford ...
http://www.saffire.org.uk/saffire/ - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Saffron Walden County High School
... Leave Comments/Feedback. Welcome to SWCHS. Saffron Walden County High School is committed to providing education of exceptional quality for its local community. ...
http://www.saffronwalden.essex.sch.uk/ - 24k - Cached - Similar pages

Saffron Walden RFC
Includes fixtures, results, player profiles, tables, team selection, ladies, veterans and youth.
http://www.swrfc.co.uk/ - 1k - 26 Aug 2004 - Cached - Similar pages

Saffron Walden
Saffron Walden is a fascinating old town Situated just south of Cambridge and only half an hours drive up the M11 from Epping Forest, it is one of many ...
http://www.eppingforest.co.uk/Saffron_Walden.html - 5k - Cached - Similar pages

...and the same sort of stuff for the next few pages.

I have gotten similiar results to yours occasionally before, but not very often.

[DAS]

Ta for that. Suspicions confirmed, out comes HijackThis again...

[Martin]

While on the topic...

Does anyone get frustrated by search results for products that throw back endless price comparison sites? Whenever I search for something I'm thinking of buying all I get is Kelko and the likes as results. While these sites have their uses, most of the time they don't help in any way.

[Chris]

While on the topic...

Does anyone get frustrated by search results for products that throw back endless price comparison sites? Whenever I search for something I'm thinking of buying all I get is Kelko and the likes as results. While these sites have their uses, most of the time they don't help in any way.

I do!

It does me nut in too. Also, another thing that drives me up the wall is when you search for printers on ebay and you get loads of listings for cartridges even though you have excluded the word from the search.