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

["James H. Moore" <jhmiso () RIT EDU>]

Thanks for keeping me in mind for so long.  It is appreciated.

Jim


On 6/11/12 12:32 PM, "Routen, Nathan" <NRouten () MAIL TWU EDU> wrote:

> Jim,
> Check out the (free) defensive and attacking tools by Stach&Liu. The
> Diggity Project.
>
> http://www.stachliu.com/resources/tools/
>
> Nate
>
> 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
> > - - - -
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> > Forensic Investigator Rochester Institute of Technology
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> >
> >
> > If you consciously try to thwart opponents, you are already late.
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> >
> >
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