Comments on: What to do if Google Thinks You’re Not Human

By: Bing’s Semantic Search, Phonetics and Undocumented Operator

Bing’s Semantic Search, Phonetics and Undocumented Operator — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:01:34 +0000

[...] ago, after getting frustrated with the junk Google was returning in my LinkedIn searches as well as Google more frequently questioning my humanity by forcing me to jump through CAPTCHA hoops , my experimental poking around with Bing got more [...]

By: Idolhands

Idolhands — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 17:32:00 +0000

I’ve done everything and still get this message far too frequently. Thank you for your advice, but for the first time ever…I’m annoyed at Google.

By: How to Unlock CAPTCHA on Your Google Account

How to Unlock CAPTCHA on Your Google Account — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:04:38 +0000

[...] Cathey who writes the Boolean Black Belt blog commented on CAPTCHA problems in What to do if Google Thinks You’re Not Human, Irina Shamaeva who runs the Boolean Strings Network complained about it in her post Dear Google, I [...]

By: The Big Deal about Bing for Sourcing and Recruiting

The Big Deal about Bing for Sourcing and Recruiting — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:05:15 +0000

[...] run your searches like Google does when they politely inform you that they’re sorry, “but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can’t …” In fact, Bing has never thought my LinkedIn X-Ray searches were malicious automated queries. [...]

By: Bing Beats Google for the Best Way to X-Ray Search LinkedIn

Bing Beats Google for the Best Way to X-Ray Search LinkedIn — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:53:49 +0000

[...] with Google’s recent changes coupled with their annoyingly overzealous blocking of more complex searches (in some cases you don’t even get a chance to use a CAPTCHA to prove you’re human!), I [...]

By: Matty L

Matty L — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:24:17 +0000

Here is another work around on this issue.

When I am doing xray searches, I use firefox so that I can right click and open in tabs. Once I reach 20 or so, I see this error.

If you look at the url when you get this error, you will see something like this:

http://sorry.google.com/sorry/?continue=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:__05aeExurgJ:www.linkedin.com/in/sylviadevlin%2Bsite:linkedin.com%2B%28inurl:pub%2BOR%2Binurl:in%29%2B-intitle:directory%2B-inurl:dir%2Bhealth%2Bpacs%2Badministrator%26cd%3D1%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus

Get rid of

“http://sorry.google.com/sorry/?continue=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search%3Fq%3Dcache:__05aeExurgJ”

and

“%2Bsite:linkedin.com%2B%28inurl:pub%2BOR%2Binurl:in%29%2B-intitle:directory%2B-inurl:dir%2Bhealth%2Bpacs%2Badministrator%26cd%3D1%26hl%3Den%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dus”

So that you have this as the url:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/sylviadevlin

then hit enter and BAM, you got the public profile.

I do this rather than clearing Cache, because I normally have logged into accounts that I am also actively using.

Hope this helps.

By: Google’s messing with me!

Google’s messing with me! — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:45:43 +0000

[...] I am talking about those annoying messages that pop up when you use too many asterisks in a Boolean string, develop a complex string with inurl: and more often than not when X-Raying Google for LinkedIn Profiles or any site using the site: command. You then have to prove to Google that you are indeed a part of the Homo sapiens species and decipher a CAPTCHA. To quote one of my current most favorite writers in the search world, Glen Cathey, this has something to do with the issue of Google thinking everyone has suddenly become a malicious bot sending automated queries to their serv…. [...]

By: Google’s messing with me! | RecruitingArsenal

Google’s messing with me! | RecruitingArsenal — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:50:54 +0000

[...] most favorite writers in the search world, Glen Cathey, this has something to do with the issue of Google thinking everyone has suddenly become a malicious bot sending automated queries to their serv…. The nerve!! I mean don’t sit in the dark. The whole search community is up in arms over this. [...]

By: Boolean Black Belt

Boolean Black Belt — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:52:52 +0000

Ami – excellent discovery – thanks for sharing!

By: Amitai Givertz

Amitai Givertz — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:06:50 +0000

Glen, try unlocking CAPTCHA on your Google account. Here’s a video tutorial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W7hPXS9_Wo

Be well.