<html><head><title>403 Forbidden</title>....
<blockquote><H1>Forbidden</H1>Your client does not have permission to get URL <code>/search?hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;q=sql+server+trace</code> from this server. (Client IP address: xx.xx.xx.xx)<br><br>Please see Google's Terms of Service posted at http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html
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I guess the main reason is google uses akamai's network to distribute loads.

No it means you should read the terms of service, specifically the part about not using "screen-scraping" techniques to programatically perform searches (which is what you're trying to do). You should use the Google SOAP search service instead as it will make your life a lot easier.

It would not be appropriate to discuss ways around the technical limitations Google uses to enforce their terms of service on an Apache Software Foundation mailing list.

The particular section of the Google ToS that I believe applies here is listed under the "Personal Use Only" and "No Automated Querying" headings.

Information on Google's SOAP APIs is available at http://www.google.com.au/apis/ (note they also have terms of service)

Finally, sorry if this seems abrupt, it is important for the ASF to clearly not support use of their products in any way that may cause legal trouble. If you feel you are following the terms of services for Google and I've missed something then my apologies.

Regards,

Adrian Sutton.

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