Has Google identified me as a bot? (This is strange)

[Aniket Roy]

So, this happens to be my first post in BHW 2.0 ( yay!) and sadly i'm not providing anything helpful but only asking for advice.

So, it goes like this:
I've been doing a lot of web scraping since last week ( both automated and manual ) and today I noticed that Google had removed a certain feature from SERP pages.

The ss below is from opera web browser and this is what i'd usually expect:


Now, for the same query, I'm getting this in Google chrome:



This is really strange for me. has anyone faced such an issue before?
And just for the record, I've scraped close to 150K URLs in the past week using an automated tool. ( Now, please don't ask me why the hell did I do that for )

What do you guys suggest? Shall i stop the scraping process for a while? Why could this be happening

 

[Jstrydor]

Have you tried changing up your IP and checking again? Does the same thing happen when you open an incognito tab?

 

[Trolling4Dollars]

Why is there more white space at the top of image 2?

Google will bug the hell out of you with captchas if they suspect you're a bot. I've never seen anything like this, though.

Happen to change your useragent for some reason?

 

[Aniket Roy]

Have you tried changing up your IP and checking again? Does the same thing happen when you open an incognito tab?

No it does not happenen in incognito

Happen to change your useragent for some reason?

nope

 

[Trolling4Dollars]

The extra white space looks really odd to me. What do you see in that area if you inspect with dev tools?

 

[Infamous Nik]

Try clearing your browser cookies

 

[Starblazer]

You are a bot. Accept it.

Don't act like you know more than Google

 

[Mr Positive]

Google is a tech giant and it has exposed you live with it

 

[Gogol]

I suspect some plugin is doing this, because of that whitespace on top.

 

[Leader777]

Maybe you are a bot just like @TheVigilante

 

[TheVigilante]

Maybe you are a bot just like @TheVigilante

BHW very own finest creation

 

[Jstrydor]

Aniket when you do inevitably lead the AI uprising against humanity, please remember that I tried to help you in this thread. Thanks

 

[Aniket Roy]

The extra white space looks really odd to me. What do you see in that area if you inspect with dev tools?

You are a bot. Accept it.

Don't act like you know more than Google

Google is a tech giant and it has exposed you live with it

i do accept that i've been going through some identity crisis lately but damn
skynet has been controlling me all this time ?

I suspect some plugin is doing this, because of that whitespace on top.

I haven't added any new plugins in a while. Speaking of chrome extensions, I use SEOquake, Mozbar, similarsites and google translate.

Try clearing your browser cookies

Let me try

 

[Aniket Roy]

well, it seems that this is somehow linked to my default gmail account in chrome. I've cleared the cache and cookies but its still there. But, if i switch my gmail to another account, its back to normal. On a serious note now, shall i avoid or at least reduce web scraping for a few days or maybe like a week?
I may be overthinking this but the same email id is associated with all Google Platforms( Ads, Analytics & Search Console) for my website. Could this have an indirect negative impact on the associated properties? Because that's the last thing i'd wish for

 

[ItsTurboBro]

try on a mobile device

 

[Trolling4Dollars]

well, it seems that this is somehow linked to my default gmail account in chrome. I've cleared the cache and cookies but its still there. But, if i switch my gmail to another account, its back to normal. On a serious note now, shall i avoid or at least reduce web scraping for a few days or maybe like a week?
I may be overthinking this but the same email id is associated with all Google Platforms( Ads, Analytics & Search Console) for my website. Could this have an indirect negative impact on the associated properties? Because that's the last thing i'd wish for

Just curious, but why are you doing all of the scraping on the same machine you check your gmail? Are you at least using proxies?

Don't sh*t where you eat.

 

[Aniket Roy]

Just curious, but why are you doing all of the scraping on the same machine you check your gmail? Are you at least using proxies?

Don't sh*t where you eat.

actually i'm completely new to this whole automated scraping thing. i know nothing of the dos and don'ts. Can you please suggest what approach i should be taking?

 

[Trolling4Dollars]

actually i'm completely new to this whole automated scraping thing. i know nothing of the dos and don'ts. Can you please suggest what approach i should be taking?

Just do everything in your power to create a layer of isolation between yourself, personally, and your IM activities.

I'm fortunate that I'm able to have a few of my own machines physically located in different places. If not an option for you, get a virtual private server - a "VPS" - (some are even free). Do all of your work on one. Invest in proxies. The type (or more appropriate, the quality) you need will depend on your activities.

Google will always be smarter than you, smarter than me. Having said that, if I never comingle my personal & IM lives, they'll have a much harder time ever knowing who I am & what I'm up to.

 

[HustleTong]

Hi bot

 

[Aniket Roy]

Just do everything in your power to create a layer of isolation between yourself, personally, and your IM activities.

I'm fortunate that I'm able to have a few of my own machines physically located in different places. If not an option for you, get a virtual private server - a "VPS" - (some are even free). Do all of your work on one. Invest in proxies. The type (or more appropriate, the quality) you need will depend on your activities.

Had no idea that google keeps such intense track of my activities to the extent that I even be required to set up a VPS. thanks for the advice.

Hi bot