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Bug 372295 - Google blocking search from packages.gentoo.org
Summary: Google blocking search from packages.gentoo.org
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Infrastructure
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] gpackages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee: Alec Warner
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
: 372571 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-06-19 19:32 UTC by Allen Brooker (AllenJB)
Modified: 2012-02-10 07:41 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Allen Brooker (AllenJB) 2011-06-19 19:32:45 UTC
packages.gentoo.org appears to have been blocked from performing searches by Google.

When searching on packages.gentoo.org, Google reports:
We're sorry...

... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
See Google Help[0] for more information.

[0] http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?&answer=86640
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Comment 1 Alec Warner (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2011-06-21 20:21:37 UTC
Confirmed. I spoke to Google and they pointed out that we were not using the Google Custom Site Search API and that if we wanted any kind of useful QPS we should use it.

-A
Comment 2 Eray Aslan gentoo-dev 2011-06-22 16:02:29 UTC
*** Bug 372571 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Martin Samek 2011-06-28 09:29:08 UTC
Is it planed to fix this? I'm missing search.
Comment 4 David Williams 2011-06-29 09:07:28 UTC
If it's not going to be fixed simply remove the search box
Comment 5 Pacho Ramos gentoo-dev 2011-06-29 10:13:18 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> If it's not going to be fixed simply remove the search box

Or maybe try to use another search engine (yahoo?)
Comment 6 Alec Warner (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2011-09-11 04:00:02 UTC
(In reply to comment #4)
> If it's not going to be fixed simply remove the search box

I plan to fix it.

-A
Comment 7 Peter Asplund 2011-10-06 16:25:26 UTC
The search works for me, both the Google box and the ordinary box. I do wonder why there are two search-boxes though.
Comment 8 Alec Warner (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2012-02-10 07:41:29 UTC
afaik robbat2 fixed this.