Google is blocking

[dixiegrrrrl]

Tried a search on Scroogle and got this message:

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.

[plcdude]

1. Yes

I have noticed for some time perhaps last couple of weeks that scroogle is malfunctioning. Every once in awhile I can use it but not more than once. Have you heard anything from Scroogle about how they are trying to handle it? I have been using aafter.com as a back up.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. the only thing I know is the post I copied and put up in my OP.

[Mnpaul]

3. Just did a search for Scroogle

scroogle.org comes up on Bing and Yahoo but not Google

[TreasonousBastard]

4. Google fights back! Personally, I've gotten...

results from Yahoo and Bing every bit as good, often better, than Google, so screw them and reset the default search.