"Query looks similar to automated requests"

[Habtom]

but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.

This is generated when I personally search for something on Google, and not really a spyware issue.

It is very normal that I have to deal with Googles Captcha 5 or 6 times a day from the same system.

[Robert Charlton]

This topic comes up frequently enough that it's been labelled a "classic" Google problem. This thread below has some good discussion and also includes a link to a WebmasterWorld site search on the Google message....

"your query looks similar to automated requests"
classic google problem - any solutions yet?
[webmasterworld.com...]

[Habtom]

I have searched for it, bad I couldn't find the thread.

Thanks, I was in part showing my frustration.

[steveb]

It seems to be happening about 100 times more frequently since this past weekend.

[5ubliminal]

Special search operators such as inurl: or intitle: with known footprints for guestbooks and such (link spamming :)) will trigger it.
You have to loose the search operators or exact phrases and replace them with regular terms aiming for the same result.

[edited by: tedster at 4:39 am (utc) on Jan. 11, 2008]