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Google blocking Scroogle

by Chris Chicas
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I tried to use Scroogle today and got the following message. what do you guys think??



Forbidden

so sorry...

Google is temporarily blocking this Scroogle server.

Please wait ten minutes before trying again.

Yes, Scroogle is upset with Google.
1. Google handles 1 billion searches per day, while Scroogle handles 350,000 searches per day. This means that Scroogle is 0.035 percent of Google's load.

2. Google uses 900,000 servers, while Scroogle leases just six low-end dedicated servers.

3. Google has billions and billions of dollars in the bank, while Scroogle is a recognized public charity and survives on modest donations averaging $43 per day.

4. For more than seven years, Scroogle has always made serious efforts to detect and block any and all bots. Almost every Scroogle searcher is a live person clicking on a mouse. Yet Google treats Scroogle like a bot because they see the traffic from our six IP addresses as higher than normal. Searching Google with a bot is against Google's terms of service, but Scroogle users are not bots.


Is it "Terms of Service" for Google, or is it "Terms of Monopoly"?

You can tell the Antitrust Division what you think about Google.
#blocking #google #scroogle
  • Profile picture of the author RodMacb
    I have to agree with Google on this one. If Scroogle wants to be a search engine they should be doing it on their own...not piggy-backing on Google's dime.
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  • Profile picture of the author JorgeLuis
    Now google it's blocking scroogle from their SERPs

    It doesn't show up even if you type it on the search bar
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  • Profile picture of the author kindsvater
    Originally Posted by Christiani View Post

    Searching Google with a bot is against Google's terms of service, but Scroogle users are not bots.
    LOL - I could have terms of service on my website prohibiting bots, but I wouldn't get very far in a lawsuit against Google.

    Given the value of Google's search data and advertising to Google, a public company, I am surprised scroogle was not banned long ago.

    There are a lot of issues to be angry with Google about. Not this one. (Unless you own scroogle).

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  • Profile picture of the author mojojuju
    I don't know why those people at Scroogle feel so entitled to scrape Google.

    Google's mentioned that they don't allow this, so why is Scroogle so surprised that they got banned?

    Automated queries


    Google's Terms of Service do not allow the sending of automated queries of any sort to our system without express permission in advance from Google. Sending automated queries absorbs resources and includes using any software (such as WebPosition Gold™) to send automated queries to Google to determine how a website or webpage ranks in Google search results for various queries.
    Whether or not Scroogle's users are real humans and not bots is not the issue. It is Scroogle that is making automated queries to Google.

    I like using Scroogle BTW, but I just don't feel they're entitled to use Google in the way they were doing.
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    :)

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