Re: Error 403 from Google

On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 11:55:16 +0000, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>__/ [Roy Schestowitz] on Friday 13 January 2006 11:47 \__
>
>> I find this rather amusing actually. I have been getting 403 errors (denial
>> of access) from Google for the past few minutes, claiming that "A computer
>> virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests". I have
>> Netcraft and the A9 toolbars installed. They tend to echo my requests, i.e.
>> visit all pages in my 'history', so I suspect they are the culprits.
>> GoogleBar and SearchStatus request PageRank values on occasions, but I have
>> not run any tools that leads to heavy query load (not for months
>> anyway...).
>>
>> I have tested access to Google from a remote computer to confirm that it is
>> only my IP address (which means that I can still get around this by
>> SSH'ing), but nonetheless it's an interesting observation, I think. Have
>> they become paranoid or vain perhaps? Maybe they dislike multiple requests
>> from various locations, but if that's the case, they are stepping on their
>> rivals' toes.
>>
>> Roy
>
>Update: it appears as if Google intercept only requests which come from
>GoogleBar, the Open Source toolbar that predates the official Google
>Toolbar.
>
>GoogleBar enables its user to fetch 50 results for each results page. I toyed
>with the URL's and settings to discover that Google deny the fetching of >10
>results for particular terms, but not for others. Nonetheless, they begin to
>limit the load they are willing to tolerate and information that they
>deliver as a *Web page* (a SERP). It's just an intersting observation
>because this has worked flawlessly for a long, long time.
>
>Roy

Sounds like they're suffering from load problems all round then.

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