Dojo took you somewhere odd?

I was told recently that the Dojo was redirecting people to bad sites. I saw a video of it. And today, I actually experienced it myself first hand. It took me to a few dodgy sites of various natures. Then… it just started behaving normally. Both my friends were getting dodgy sites until they cleared their browser cache.

So I spoke with my webhost about any potential issues and they are reporting to me that the site is clean and there are no issues. So here’s the best practice for you should this happen to you:

Clear your browser cache. Then try again. This seems to resolve the issue immediately.

As far as I can tell this is an issue on GOOGLE’s end. Both friends and myself were all running into issues when accessing the site FROM a google search. When you access the site directly by typing the url into the location bar you won’t have an issue. Additionally if you make a bookmark you won’t have an issue. This is an issue with GOOGLE.

I will attempt to see what I can do about that, but they generally aren’t too responsive or helpful. It’s best practice to book mark the dojo and use your book mark directly so you can’t be redirected to some weird site.

My apologies for anyone who has had to deal with this!

ONE LAST THING ABOUT SITE REDIRECTS: I am learning there was apparently a pretty recent adware / malware that was redirecting google search results. It behaves EXACTLY like what I described yesterday and yes clearing the cache fixes it. So regardless— IT AIN’T THE DOJO FOLKS.