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General Activities => Main Message Board => Topic started by: prh77 on March 15, 2012, 12:53:02 PM

Title: Seach function on our site
Post by: prh77 on March 15, 2012, 12:53:02 PM
When I do a search on our site using the search icon along the top, for the last few months I get a message from Google that my machine is sending automated messages and no search is possible. It happens with my old laptop and desktop. Just got a new laptop, first thing I checked was search funtion. Same deal. Machine is too new to be infected, problem with our site? I miss the search function, very helpful.
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: Brad Young on March 15, 2012, 04:01:52 PM
This happens to me also, however only if I am not logged in.

Once I log in the search works fine.

Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: prh77 on March 15, 2012, 04:29:32 PM
Happens when I am logged on, just checked...from yet another brand new friends computer. Hmmm
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: Les Luzar on March 15, 2012, 04:50:53 PM
I just tried a search and it worked fine. :thumb:
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: Ron Volk on March 15, 2012, 05:02:59 PM
Just checked two items; 'battery chargers' & 'dinghy', & the search site worked just fine.
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: Kevin Henderson on March 15, 2012, 05:19:02 PM
I just utilized the search icon and had no issues. 
Don't exactly know what to tell you but as I did a search at Google I came across a couple of fixes.
 
Malware comes in all shapes and sizes and can quickly end up on a new machine.

Hope this provides some help. :abd: 



http://support.google.com/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=86640
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: scotty on March 15, 2012, 07:06:05 PM
I did a search on "batteries" and not only did it work, but I got lost in internet land for quite a while.
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: efhughes3 on March 15, 2012, 09:27:08 PM
I think this is referred to as a spambot.
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: prh77 on March 16, 2012, 05:35:45 AM
Thanks all for the quick replies. Guess I have computer issues
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: awesome34 on March 16, 2012, 08:55:16 AM
Quote from: prh77 on March 15, 2012, 12:53:02 PM
When I do a search on our site using the search icon along the top, for the last few months I get a message from Google that my machine is sending automated messages and no search is possible. It happens with my old laptop and desktop. Just got a new laptop, first thing I checked was search funtion. Same deal. Machine is too new to be infected, problem with our site? I miss the search function, very helpful.

I have the same issue. I can search the forum OK, using it's search feature, but the google search gives me the same error.  I bet a lot of people have this issue, but usually use the forum search once they are logged in instead of the google search.  I have never been able to use the google search located here: http://www.c34.org/c34-search.html 

-Eric

-Eric
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: prh77 on March 16, 2012, 10:06:24 AM
OK....I am not crazy. I just tryed the forum search and it worked fine. The search I am talking about is the same one Eric provided a link to in the previous post. It is on the home page ,top, to the leftt. Thanks Eric, never noticed the forum search.
Title: Re: Seach function on our site
Post by: Les Luzar on March 16, 2012, 11:09:05 AM
I never used the google search. I just tried as you mentioned, and it too did not work. I came up with an error message. :shock: