TN COMPUTER MEDICS · DOCUMENTED RECOVERY
When Google indexed more than a million URLs for a local repair website.
I’ve worked on TN Computer Medics’ website since 2015. In 2026, spam and foreign-language URLs began appearing in Google’s index on a scale that had nothing to do with the legitimate site. The first cleanup did not stop reinfection. This case study shows the investigation, technical work, and dated Search Console results.
THE RECORDED INCIDENT
A serious problem, measured rather than guessed.
The figures below come from the existing evidence-based case study. The 97.5% result refers to Google’s indexed-URL footprint, not recovered rankings, traffic, or sales.
1,337,181
Indexed URLs at peak
Google Search Console · August 11, 2026
97.5%
Indexed-footprint reduction
From recorded peak to 32,992 indexed URLs · Sep 5–14, 2026
10+ years
Website relationship
Ground-up original build in 2015 · ongoing WordPress management
No issues
Security / manual actions
Search Console checks reported in the September 2026 case study
LONG-TERM CLIENT, REAL INCIDENT
A working local-service website suddenly had a search-index problem.
TN Computer Medics provides computer repair and IT services in Tullahoma and surrounding Middle Tennessee communities. The website had grown from a 2015 mobile-ready HTML build into a WordPress system with service pages, location content, reviews, FAQs, and customer contact routes.
Built in 2015
The original site was built from the ground up, and its domain and identity were updated when the business became TN Computer Medics in October 2015.
At risk in 2026
Search Console and Google results exposed an abnormal index footprint involving foreign-language and spam URLs. The issue required more than routine maintenance.
The real website
This is existing TN Computer Medics website imagery from the original case study—not a screenshot claiming to show the injected URLs.
THE INDEX EXPLOSION
How quickly the indexed-URL count escalated.
Historical Google Search Console indexed-URL counts, transcribed from the published case study. These are recorded counts, not a count of legitimate pages or a measure of site traffic.
164
July 24, 2026 · Normal baseline · indexed URLs
483,778
July 25, 2026 · Sudden index explosion · indexed URLs
908,836
August 6, 2026 · Continued growth · indexed URLs
1,235,837
August 8, 2026 · Spam confirmed · indexed URLs
1,337,181
August 11, 2026 · Recorded peak · indexed URLs
333,709
August 22, 2026 · Post-remediation observation · indexed URLs
WHAT IT TOOK TO FIX
The first cleanup wasn't enough.
Reinfection after initial cleanup meant going deeper into WordPress files, plugins, persistence paths, hosting coordination, credentials, and response handling. These are the remediation actions documented in the original case study.
10 plugins removed
Suspicious or malicious components were removed from the WordPress installation.
Malicious PHP removed
Injected code and backdoor PHP files found in theme directories were removed.
WordPress core verified
Core files were replaced and integrity checked against official checksums.
404 / 410 response cleanup
Invalid spam URLs were made to return appropriate HTTP responses.
Credentials hardened
Passwords were rotated, unnecessary components removed, and updates applied.
Persistence and monitoring
Files, plugins, cron, hosting conditions, and reinfection signals were investigated and monitored.
THE RECOVERY DATA
Google's indexed footprint progressively fell after remediation.
Google controls crawling, indexing, and removal from search results. My work addressed malicious behavior and invalid website responses; Search Console recorded the index changes afterward.
333,709
Indexed URLs
August 22, 2026
69,922
Indexed URLs
August 29, 2026
32,992
Indexed URLs
September 5–14, 2026
97.5%
Footprint reduction
From the August 11 recorded peak to the Sep 5–14 recorded level
RECORDED VALIDATION
What the follow-up checks actually showed.
These checks reflect the original case-study verification in September 2026, not a guarantee about all future security events. No reinfection was observed after the final cleanup within the documented monitoring period.
Security Issues
Google Search Console: no issues detected.
Manual Actions
Google Search Console: no issues detected.
Main XML sitemap
Google Search Console: processed successfully.
350 discovered pages
Reported for the current primary sitemap, not the number of spam URLs removed.
THE LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP
The security recovery was one part of years of website work.
The website relationship started in 2015 and now covers the WordPress platform, service and local-area content, conversion elements, maintenance, and technical troubleshooting. On-page and technical SEO are website-side work; off-site SEO is managed separately.
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Original website build
Built a mobile-ready HTML site from the ground up in 2015.
2
TN Computer Medics launch
Updated the website and domain when the business became TN Computer Medics in October 2015.
3
WordPress and local-service structure
Expanded service pages, service-area content, reviews, FAQs, maps, contact forms, and internal linking.
4
Ongoing technical management
Maintained the site, performance, hosting coordination, metadata, website-side SEO, repairs, and troubleshooting.
EXISTING PROJECT VISUALS
The local-service website behind the incident.
These screenshots were already used in the original case study. They document the real WordPress website and its service-page work, not private Search Console access or a fabricated before-and-after security comparison.
TN Computer Medics homepage
The WordPress homepage organizes the business’s repair and IT-service information with customer contact paths.
Computer repair in Tullahoma
An example of the local service content implemented for the business’s website.
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