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chubba replied

15 May 2007, 22:09
Does the company run SEO in house? Could be someone in the office using one of the automated tools to query Google to find incoming links to the site and check Google positions for keywords. A load of queries over a short period can cause this block - have had it here before when testing some shady SEO tools and it is just me here so not surprised a large office could trigger it.
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Barriebazg replied

15 May 2007, 14:58
Originally posted by Euro-commuter

It'll be a worldwide disaster for the knowledge business if all of a sudden no big company can google....

No it wouldn't. I find ask.co.uk far better IMO
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Euro-commuter replied

15 May 2007, 14:54
Originally posted by AtW

It is possible that maybe all searches go via proxy, so google sees lots of activity from the same IP.

Yes indeed, but even I thought of that, so surely Google did. It'll be a worldwide disaster for the knowledge business if all of a sudden no big company can google....

Anyway, it's back to normal now.
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AtW replied

15 May 2007, 12:59
It is possible that maybe all searches go via proxy, so google sees lots of activity from the same IP.
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Euro-commuter replied

15 May 2007, 07:13
Originally posted by AtW

It's possible you got bot on your machine that runs automated queries on behalf of spammers.

I know, they said that, but I don't think so. I mean (apart from the fact that it's a company machine, and the company is a rather large computer company with a 3-letter name, so you'd think that their security would catch it) wouldn't I see the spammer's query that my access of Google was hijacked for?
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Addanc replied

14 May 2007, 18:03
Emergency! what's the URL for SKA!!!!
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AtW replied

14 May 2007, 16:13
It's possible you got bot on your machine that runs automated queries on behalf of spammers.
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Euro-commuter started a topic blocked by Google

14 May 2007, 16:06
blocked by Google

Google
Error

We're sorry...

... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.

I'm getting this now. OK, I can type in their code to prove I'm human, but I won't do it every time. I might have to make another search my homepage.
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