I'm not up to anything bad, but was looking for interesting examples of how someone might use webmaster tools access for evil.
(Inspired by a client with a lot of unrecognised users, I thought I'd write something about it. I suspect that the warped minds of core members can come up with some nice examples).
I've got:
De-index everything!
Hide malicious software downloads from google
disavow all their links
steel their search data
quickly index new spam pages
un-verify the owner
bugger up crawling (url params or limiting crawl rate)
hijack rankings with the change of address tool (is this possible???)
>De-index everything!
That's the only thought that's ever come to mind. I like the hijacking thoughts, only problem is it would be easy to track back to you.
Mental note: do not piss off rooftop
If you want to get dirty I have seen htaccess files hacked. Now that's nasty. Who checks those?
Me, these days :-)
Ot even httpd.conf file as you can do the same.
I've seen .htaccess get hacked (including to allow GWMT authorisation files to show as valid). httpd.conf is proper evil though. I dread to think how long it would take me before thinking of checking that.