Hi Ben, You might have triggered some sort of request filter on our end. Sometimes this can happen when you send too many requests in a short period, but it's also possible we were in the process of tweaking something that resulted in temporarily blocking you. If it happens again, I'll check for you, just shoot me an email.
Thanks, Dan On Mar 19, 12:12 pm, Ben Curtis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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! > > -- > > 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! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iGoogle Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Gadgets-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
