Fuck gluegle

So I have a theory that if enough queries are sent, they will show up on g-trends, increasing the visibility and virality of this problem

FAQ

"gluegle"?

• https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-call-it-the-swindle
• https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/11/24176490/mm-delicious-glue

rate-limit and bot detection

You can't "block" network requests, only ignore them... unless you have a hardware firewall that prevents the server from seeing those requests.

Even if these scripts are useless, poisoning search suggestions is real, so it can be done manually

They can censor it

If they notice the poisoning, they can add a negative bias to reduce visibility, but it'll still be there

Does this break GH ToS?

IDK. It does feel like a grey-area, because of the DoS-like behavior.

Here's the docs if any lawyer reads this

Is this DDoS?

If you remove the delay between requests, yes. But since professionals have standards, I choose not to

You use Google!

yes, I use some of their services and products. I'm a "hypocrite". Are you happy now?

TO-DO

• fix "400 Bad Request" when using wget