Re: A substitute for Google Alerts / Circumventing Google restrictions on spam suppression

[David Pirolo <webmaster () WARNERPACIFIC EDU>]

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-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?
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>
> Jim
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> If you consciously try to thwart opponents, you are already late.
> Miyamoto Musashi, Japanese philosopher/samurai, 1645
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> A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are built
> for.  John A. Shedd, Salt from My Attic, 1928
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