As part of re-doing my website to use the Google translation APIs, I
wanted to apply for an ajax "developer id" from Google. So I went to
Google and did a search on:

+"Sign Up for the Google ajax" +translation

Without paying too much attention, I clicked on about the 6th entry on
the page, which is:

(The "h" at the start changed to "X" to prevent accidental
navigation.)

Xttp://metalpark.de/neu2/browse.php?u=Oi8vY29kZS5nb29nbGUuY29tL2FwaXMvYWpheGZlZWRzL3NpZ251cC5odG1s&b=29

What you get is a page that looks a lot like Google. Apparently it is
some sort of a "proxy". I did not notice the German text at the top,
and when my request was turned down, I assumed that my logon cookie
had become displaced, and gave my Google username & password. After I
got my API string, I noticed my error, and *immediately* went to the
Google site to change my password.

My question is, should I bother to get a new API code? Is my Google
account now flagged as "suspicious"? I had to leave to go to work at
the time, but I just now tried again and it got a Javascript error
with IE, so I used FF (because the errors are described much better),
and it refuses, saying that it is an identified "Phishing" site.

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