Google has banned my site

Author picture Por gerardooscarjt / 6 views / 2025-07-19

As you probably know, I enjoy developing things when I have some spare time (sometimes with a friend of mine). I have a long-term side project called HolaCloud which is a tiny cloud with some services crafted from scratch: a database engine, API Gateway, logs service, computing with lambdas and containers, authentication, object storage, etc. There were loads of pure fun and learning there. 

Two years ago, I decided to deploy all that stuff and make it public on the Internet under the domain "hola.cloud". The UI might not look very professional, but the best part is under the hood 😄. Honestly, I have to use the little time I have wisely.

Surprisingly today HolaCloud has been banned from the Earth. Apparently an algorithm decided that my site is too dangerous and malicious for people. Although the site is still online it is like hidden because a couple of details.

1. It doesn't longer appear on Google anymore
1. It doesn't longer appear on Google anymore
2. The browsers (Chrome, Brave, Firefox) are saying that the site is too dangerous for people
2. The browsers (Chrome, Brave, Firefox) are saying that the site is too dangerous for people

How did I know? I have received my first Strike on YouTube because I have a video with a link to hola.cloud. Pretty clever, uh?

The video was linking the dangerous page
The video was linking the dangerous page

After 30 seconds talking to my coach (ChatGPT 4o) her best advise was to check the Google's Web Developers Console. 

These pages deceive users into performing dangerous actions, such as installing unwanted software or revealing personal information. Learn more.

The Google Web Developers Console

Pretty awesome achievement, and without writting a single line of code.

Turns out all major browsers rely on the same “Safe Browsing” data from Google. That means a single company can decide whether your website gets to live or die. No need to mess with DNS, hosting providers, ISPs, or contact any authority.

HolaCloud it is still banned. If you know how to fix this, I’m honestly begging for help.

Thanks for reading this shit. Have a lovely day 💀