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Re: A substitute for Google Alerts / Circumventing Google restrictions on spam suppression
From: David Pirolo <webmaster () WARNERPACIFIC EDU>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:00:25 -0700
We use Akismet with our CMS. http://akismet.com/ Works really well. -David On Fri, 2012-06-08 at 19:05 -0400, James H. Moore wrote:
I have used Google alerts for years to keep an eye on our domain, to spot forums/forms that may be used to spam out scams. I also used it for detecting other forms of back linking (e.g. Canadian Pharmacy stuff). But Google now limits using their search engine for picking things like this up, they do some throttling efforts in limiting the number of searches. Google alerts, that used to keep me informed when new "super viagra" ads popped up in comment fields, is not nearly so useful now. Only occasionally get notices. What are people doing? Private spiders? Commercial spiders? Creative Google API programing? Jim - - - - Jim Moore, CISSP, IAM, ITIL Foundations Senior Information Security Forensic Investigator Rochester Institute of Technology 151 Lomb Memorial Drive Rochester, NY 14623-5603 (585) 475-5406 (office) (585) 255-0809 (Cell - Incident Reporting & Emergencies) (585) 475-7920 (fax) If you consciously try to thwart opponents, you are already late. Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese philosopher/samurai, 1645 A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are built for. John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy any copies of this information
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