Google has recently released a new addition to its Webmaster Tool, called Search Issue, to help identify any security issues you may be experiencing on your site. This feature will allow for a website owner to not only find more information about the security issues on their site, but pinpoint the problem faster with detailed code snippets.

In the example shot above, you can see that all sorts of security issues on your site can be seen, such as malware code injection, error template injection, SQL injection, content injection for spam and more.

In addition, Google will now allow you to zoom into the actual hack or malware, giving you the ability to search for similar suspicious content or snippets of codes, which can be seen below.

Google has also said that they plan to show webmasters HTML and JavaScript code scripts from hacked URLs when possible and provide recommendations on how to rid the problem.

Once the issues have been fixed by the website owner, they will be able to request a review in order to expedite the process of removing a malware or hack warning on your site’s Google snippet and/or inclusion of your site back in Google’s search results.

Google’s Meenali Rungta and Hadas Fester say on the Webmaster Central blog, “We know that as a site owner, discovering your site is hacked with spam or malware is stressful, and trying to clean it up under a time constraint can be very challenging. We’ve been working to make recovery even easier and streamline the cleaning process — we notify webmasters when the software they’re running on their site is out of date, and we’ve set up a dedicated help portal for hacked sites with detailed articles explaining each step of the process to recovery, including videos.”

With these new added security measures, website owners can be more aware of any issues they may be having. To consult with a professional website designer in regards to the security of your website, contact Windy City Web Designs, Chicagoland’s leader in web development.