Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th...
by shawnz on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:13PM
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Just curious, do you live in a western country? Do you have a Google account? I use funny queries like that often but I've seen that message maybe only once or twice before. There must be some additional factors involved.
Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th...
by SCHiM on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:57PM
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Western country while logged in on my google account. I've given it some thought myself, I have that account logged in from a variety of systems: linux boxes and windows boxes some behind a vpn, some not.
I suppose it sometimes looks like my account is used for botting, but then again: why wouldn't I be allowed to connect my bot to their results, given that google uses bots to index the content in the first place?
Despite the fact that I could probably adjust to better fit their 'nothing weird going on here' preconceptions, I think I'd rather complain and hope that over time it's google that will change.
Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th...
by londons_explore on Friday March 22, 2019 @02:00AM
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Clearing cookies and use of a shared VPN server are the main culprits for this error.
If neighbouring IP's to yours abuse Google services, you'll see way more of these errors.
This happens often when creating complex search terms with 'inurl' and 'intext' operators. This happens to me at least once a month.