Naturally, this started working shortly after I sent this report. If
it appears that we triggered this glitch, then I'd still appreciate
any advice on how to avoid it in the future. Thanks!
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Ben Curtis : webwright
bivia : a personal web studio
http://www.bivia.com/
On Mar 19, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Ben Curtis wrote:
> When I visit the sandbox to work on my open social gadget, I get error
> messages in all gadgets. I noticed this about an hour ago, it was not
> true about three hours ago. I think the problem is on Google's side.
>
> From multiple browsers on multiple computers (in the same office
> network), with and without cookies deleted, I am seeing the Google
> error page: "We're sorry... but your query looks similar to automated
> requests from a computer virus or spyware application." This is true
> for all of the gadgets in the sandbox (mine, and Google's developer
> set of gadgets), except for the "My Gadgets" gadget which seems fine.
>
> I've read the Google help page about this error page, and none of the
> advice applies -- I was able to visit the gadgets fine this morning,
> then not at all now. There are only two of us in this office, we are
> not deliberately hitting Google, we are on Macs without any malware, a
> "sudo ps -A" shows no errant processes, and a TCP packet sniffer shows
> no unexpected traffic.
>
> I think this is an error on the part of the Google servers. If so, I'd
> like to hear when it will be fixed. If not, I'd love to hear how we
> caused it and how to get back to normal, since the published
> recommendations aren't working.
>
> Thanks!
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