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Lots of bot queries do allintext: searches, while fewer humans do that query. Bots can hijack human accounts/cookies too. Email spam botnets often use the valid
by Matt_Cutts 16y ago
Lots of bot queries do allintext: searches, while fewer humans do that query. Bots can hijack human accounts/cookies too. Email spam botnets often use the valid cookie of their owner's host computer.
- bambax 16y agoFewer humans do that query because it is kept almost secret (why do bots like allintext?) I wouldn't mind answering a captcha from time to time, but instead Google just bans the use of allintext for several dozen minutes (or more). Really frustrating.
- chronomex 16y agoAnd number-range searches. I can't count how many times I've wound up with a number-range search query that wouldn't work for me from any IP.
- Tichy 16y agoSo allintext is essentially a honeypot for bots? Otherwise it seems weird to offer the option at all, if all it does is get you banned for being a robot.