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Google 403 Forbidden

I am not exactly sure why, but Google keeps telling me that they are sorry. You see, when I try to click on a Google tab using iGoogle (which I am logged into) it sees it as spam request. They are telling me that I am forbidden from accessing my iGoogle page by clicking on one of the tabs. These are the tabs that I built using a Google system that display rss feeds on a web page instead of using a reader (I guess this was my big mistake).

This nice message that tells me that they think I am a spammer has started to appear on a fairly regular basis. I am reasonably certain that my computer is not infected with a virus, so it is not happening from some strange requests going on behind the scenes. No, it is happening only when I am using iGoogle and click on one of my tabs. I would just like to let Google know that if I am a spammer, then I really suck at it - cause all I ever do is read other web sites and post information (manually mind you) about those sites on my website (a good portion of those links go to YouTube - hmmm…. another Google entity).

I am really starting to see a pattern here. I think I might need to find another search engine, feed reader, email program, desktop search tool, image sorting tool, analytics tool, income stream, and video sharing site.

I would love to start hearing from people on the best replacements for all those things Google that I currently use because I have a feeling that they will permanently lock me out at some point (won’t that be fun).