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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by shawnz on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:13PM (#19455505)
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.
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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by SCHiM on Thursday March 21, 2019 @02:57PM (#19456046)
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.

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Re:Google may rank sites for queries that don't appear on th... by londons_explore on Friday March 22, 2019 @02:00AM (#19459965)
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.

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