Help with Google searching. It says too many queries.

[George Genel]

PLEASE HELP. Everytime I start using a search string like: email* **domain.com my servers IP address gets banned after a few queries - Google starts returning a 404 page saying something like "It appears you are using an automated system to query Google, which breaks Googles TOS.

 

Is there a way around this?  I even sent them my ip address.

[gary cozin]

Not sure - but the correct way is to enter it like this: "email * * domain.com" (with quotes and a space before, between and after the *). And of course replacing 'domain' in your string with the actual domain you are searching for. Just guessing Google senses the way you have it above as an error-

I don't get any errors & works every time for me-

Gary

[George Genel]

Okay, let me try try it. Do you ever add a persons last name to try and narrow it down? If so would it be like this: "*email *last name*Domain.com"

[George Genel]

Gary, is this correct: "*email * *catapulttechnology.com"
Iif not could help me correct it. Believe me I am computer literate. LoL.

gary cozin said:

Not sure - but the correct way is to enter it like this: "email * * domain.com" (with quotes and a space before, between and after the *). And of course replacing 'domain' in your string with the actual domain you are searching for. Just guessing Google senses the way you have it above as an error-

I don't get any errors & works every time for me-

Gary

[gary cozin]

George - All you needed to do was cut/paste what I indicated above into Google: "email * * catapulttechnology.com" of course substituting catapulttechnology for domain. When I ran that in Google it showed emails in the results as [e-mail] - so that is the format. Put the persons name you are trying to find in as [e-mail] example: [e-mail]

Also - at the top of the Main page on this group is a link to Irina's "email address search engine" which does it automatically for you - there are also a host of other products - chk out eGrabber.com, broadlook.com, referyes.com & others

[George Genel]

Thanks again. I really appreciate it. I specialize in the federal space and finding people could be a real challenge.

[George Genel]

Is there a way or place to save these boolean strings so you don't need to type them in all the time?

[gary cozin]

Save them in a Word document or NotePad, etc or other

George Genel said:

Is there a way or place to save these boolean strings so you don't need to type them in all the time?

[Adam Wiedmer]

George,

Depending on what tools or browsers you use, there are ways to create automatic search templates. You can create bookmarklets for your browser, or there are tools/add-ons for Firefox & Chrome that may help.

Here is one way to do it on Internet Explorer 7. There are other variations of this too.
http://www.slideshare.net/awiedmer/add-search-templates-to-internet...

Hope this helps!

George Genel said:

Is there a way or place to save these boolean strings so you don't need to type them in all the time?

[George Genel]

Thanks, I appreciate it. I use a browser called Maxthon 2. It's the best I have ever used.

[Regina Farr]

George

Any bookmarklet tool can assist you with saving your strings; but I would encourage you to practice and get an appreciation for how the string was constructed so you can create your own.

Best Wishes

[George Genel]

Thanks Regina. I will look into it. I used to have a research associate do the searches for me but she left so I am doing them myself and am getting busy so it's a pain. I need another research associate.

Regina Farr said:

George

Any bookmarklet tool can assist you with saving your strings; but I would encourage you to practice and get an appreciation for how the string was constructed so you can create your own.

Best Wishes