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After setting three filters on my first query, I was already hit with a captcha. That seems a bit aggressive and unfortunately ensured I didn't add this one to

After setting three filters on my first query, I was already hit with a captcha. That seems a bit aggressive and unfortunately ensured I didn't add this one to my search engine bookmarks.

JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
Why can’t you do a captcha?
- s5ma6n 7y ago
  Why would anyone be willing to do captchas? It is just a waste of time for regular users. I also had a similar experience when I searched for many different queries in such a short time, I got hit by captchas for a while.
  - JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
    What other ways would you recommend them to use to distinguish your “many different queries in a short time” from automated bot attacks, etc.?
    - s5ma6n 7y ago
      I am not a DoS/spam expert but first things come to mind are : - Google account credibility (I have a very old Google account and this should provide me some trust from Google's perspective) - Malicious word analysis in search queries - Browser/device information to determine authenticity of the search (if I am at home or connecting over a Tor network) - Gradually increase the response time for the queries On top of those, Google is a machine learning company and I am sure this process should be automated by now without requiring filling of any active captchas.
- benplumley 7y ago
  If DuckDuckGo gave me a captcha on every search I'd be giving Google several hours of my time per week solving them. Search is such a common operation, the time needed to perform one needs to be as low as possible.
  - dvh 7y ago
    Well, you got what you paid for...
    - giancarlostoro 7y ago
      Honestly if I could pay Google to revert whatever they did to their engine $5 - $20 a month for better searching and absolutely no bubble or tracking WHATSOEVER I would. I would pay roughly the same to any competitor. I just want to go back in time to where Google found the code I was looking for. Seems to be after they started filtering results strictly and trying to maintain a bubble around specific users. I pay for a JetBrains annual subscription to all their IDEs I would gladly pay for a search engine that only filters out whats illegal to a reasonable extent (piracy filters shouldnt be extremely aggresive to where it cripples everything).
- huhtenberg 7y ago
  Because I shouldn't be seeing it in the first place.

After setting three filters on my first query, I was already hit with a captcha. That seems a bit aggressive and unfortunately ensured I didn't add this one to my search engine bookmarks.

JohnJamesRambo 7y ago

Why can’t you do a captcha?

s5ma6n 7y ago
Why would anyone be willing to do captchas? It is just a waste of time for regular users. I also had a similar experience when I searched for many different queries in such a short time, I got hit by captchas for a while.
- JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
  What other ways would you recommend them to use to distinguish your “many different queries in a short time” from automated bot attacks, etc.?
  - s5ma6n 7y ago
    I am not a DoS/spam expert but first things come to mind are : - Google account credibility (I have a very old Google account and this should provide me some trust from Google's perspective) - Malicious word analysis in search queries - Browser/device information to determine authenticity of the search (if I am at home or connecting over a Tor network) - Gradually increase the response time for the queries On top of those, Google is a machine learning company and I am sure this process should be automated by now without requiring filling of any active captchas.
benplumley 7y ago
If DuckDuckGo gave me a captcha on every search I'd be giving Google several hours of my time per week solving them. Search is such a common operation, the time needed to perform one needs to be as low as possible.
- dvh 7y ago
  Well, you got what you paid for...
  - giancarlostoro 7y ago
    Honestly if I could pay Google to revert whatever they did to their engine $5 - $20 a month for better searching and absolutely no bubble or tracking WHATSOEVER I would. I would pay roughly the same to any competitor. I just want to go back in time to where Google found the code I was looking for. Seems to be after they started filtering results strictly and trying to maintain a bubble around specific users. I pay for a JetBrains annual subscription to all their IDEs I would gladly pay for a search engine that only filters out whats illegal to a reasonable extent (piracy filters shouldnt be extremely aggresive to where it cripples everything).
huhtenberg 7y ago
Because I shouldn't be seeing it in the first place.