Banned on Google
- 10th Jun 2008
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We are getting this message more and more these days due to more staff on one IP address searching Google I guess, at least I have a reason to stop seeing if my adwords are running at the moment .. dunno if it’s a Plugin or not, but it looks like it’s another Microsoft Live day.
Message from Google
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.
We’ll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.
If you’re continually receiving this error, you may be able to resolve the problem by deleting your Google cookie and revisiting Google. For browser-specific instructions, please consult your browser’s online support center.
If your entire network is affected, more information is available in the Google Web Search Help Center.
We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we’ll see you again on Google.
DaveN
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Heh, boy do we know that feeling here… We’ve gotten multiple IP’s just for that reason…
I get that quite a lot too, get it within half an hour casually searching if I forget to switch SEO for FF off :(
Yep we get that all the time here. We have a separate Broadband account just for the marketing department as we were seriously pissing the rest of the company off.
Yes– im gonna comment here because the finger is usually pointed in my direction — and this time it wasnt me!! Its happening too often…HELP!!!!
hmmm .. still pointing finger at Dan he did install seo quake and seo for ff, and told Rory here to check a few things in Google…
DaveN
I used to have this issue.
Here’s what I did to fix it:
Bought a bunch of IPs (.50 each / month) and then routed them through a proxy (SQUID), and then installed FoxyProxy so I can quickly switch to a new IP if one gets banned.
Also, if thats too advanced, just use a different datacenter.
Ah yes, that one. I’ve seen it after running SEO Quake as well, but I’ve also brought it on with a few choice queries on a clean machine.
Come on Google are you trying to tell me most people don’t use three or more search modifiers, negative filters, quotes, and max results settings, and when I do it looks a wee bit fishy?
Oh please don’t tell me it’s SEO Quake or SEO for firefox… I like these addons…
(Still pushing the pointing finger away) Come on guys I need backup here ;)
Yup, It’s SEO for firefox.
I spent ages figuring it out, just switch the PR and DMOZ check to “on demand” and it should fix the problem.
Have you tried the Ad Preview Tool?
https://adwords.google.com/select/AdTargetingPreviewTool
Good for checking geo-targeted ads, cache issues, etc…
I get this all the time when I do a bunch of :inurl searches.
me too I always experience this issue all the time. Whats the matter with google do they experience problems, coz my work is delayed becuase of this problem
Its getting to be a really nightmare, after the big G has decided I’m not a bot, I get my search functionality back & it still wouldn’t let me see cache page and thats on a good day. Thanks for moan, Just got to convince the boss to get multiple IPs
SEO For Firefox does it for me
I’ve found it’s worth setting parameters on seoquake to load on request and leaving it switched off whenever possible.
I cannot get beyond Page 2 for any search that has:
site: AND inurl: in the search and &num=100 as one of the search options.
Once, many months ago, I was given a CAPTCHA to fill in, and that let me continue for a while.
Nowadays, the Error Message appears for any, and all, page(s) beyond Page 2.
Hey, this is just Google’s way to not show up for owning 100% of the search market in the public stats. That keeps the Feds off their back …
nice tool but always banned…