{"id":7953,"date":"2011-09-08T17:27:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T17:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/pagejacking\/"},"modified":"2011-09-08T18:35:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-08T18:35:57","slug":"pagejacking","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/15476\/pagejacking","title":{"rendered":"Pagejacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_pagejacking_mean\">What Does Pagejacking Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pagejacking is the process of illegally copying legitimate website content (usually, in the form of source code) to another website designed to replicate the original website. To accomplish pagejacking, a fraudulent pagejacker copies a favorite Web page from a reputable site, including its actual HTML code. <\/p>\n<p>A pagejacker&#8217;s intention is to illegally direct traffic from the original site to cloned Web pages. Pagejackers rely on search engines to index bogus site content to enable search result ranking and display with the original site.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_pagejacking\">Techopedia Explains Pagejacking<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Users are often deceived into believing that a bogus website is actually the one they are trying to find. As soon as a tricked user browses the cloned site, he may be directed to an unwanted website, such as an R-rated or pornographic site. <\/p>\n<p>Users often encounter mousetrapping, which is the major threat for pagejacking victims. Mousetrapping is a technique that forces an Internet user to stay on a particular website by not allowing the user to exit that website. Each time the user attempts to leave the website by closing the browser or proceeding to a new URL, the site triggers a mousetrap, which automatically opens a new browser with the same URL or does not permit the browser to proceed to a new URL. 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