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Thomas ([personal profile] torkell) wrote2006-07-07 08:48 pm
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Dear Google,

How does searching for css look like an automated query? I'm even using your toolbar to do so!
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[identity profile] 13th-einherjar.livejournal.com 2006-07-07 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't for me. Maybe it's a bug with the toolbar, or maybe you just happened to get an IP address that a spambot was spoofing.
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[personal profile] torkell 2006-07-07 09:26 pm (UTC)(link)
It gets better. Just searched for "nero", and got back "The requested URL /sorry/?continue=http://www.google.co.uk/search%3Fsourceid%3Dnavclient%26ie%3DUTF-8%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2006-16,GGLG:en%26q%3Dnero was not found on this server."

Same goes for "slashdot" and "mod_rewrite", from both the toolbar and the web page.

WTF?
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[personal profile] torkell 2006-07-07 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm, not seeing any images anywhere at the moment. That might be related.
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[personal profile] torkell 2006-07-07 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope. Images were my fault - misaimed the mouse and clicked on my kill image button.

[identity profile] 13th-einherjar.livejournal.com 2006-07-08 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
Methinks a modem reset is in order, if for nothing else, just to rule out any kind of ip blacklist you might be on. Also, you'll probably want to clear your browser cache and Google cookie; either of those could be tampering with the data.
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[personal profile] torkell 2006-07-08 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Actually, I'd rather the IP didn't change, because both myself and a housemate have DNS pointed over here.

I did blat both the google cookies and browser cache, but that had no effect. Google have probably blacklisted NTL's proxy servers.

They appear to have cleared the servers now, as I've not tripped their "you're a robot" detection in the past hour.

Thanks anyway.
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