Suspicious activity what?

@dawnald (85146)
Shingle Springs, California
April 22, 2010 12:44pm CST
So I have not gotten into the habit of using the myLot search. I keep forgetting and going over to Google. Today I said to myself, self, try and use myLot search instead. So today, every time I wanted to do a search, I used the myLot search. After maybe 10 - 20 searches, a message pops up that "we have noticed some suspicious activity on this account - please try your search later". Hmmmm..... Anybody else run into this one before? I thought we were being encouraged to use it...
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@drkraven (521)
• Romania
22 Apr 10
I always forget that too :) i did use it like 4 times. i received a 9 cents awarad :) i never got that message thou. Maybe you were exagerating ? :) try and not spam-search? Or just contact them :P Take care.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
No I went back and tried it again, same message. I can't use it at all now...
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@smilyn (2967)
• United States
24 Apr 10
I don't think you cannot use it anymore. May be you can use the search engine after few hours..Did you check it back after few hours?
• United States
22 Apr 10
I have not even heard of the mylot search. I will use it if we get some money for it. I am using inbox search tool for now. I get paid on that account. I guess I didn't install it when I was asked. Maybe it was something you searched for, or a site you went to that had potentially dangerous spy ware.. that's what it sounds like. But I would contact mylot!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
We do get a bonus for using it. I have never gotten one. Today is the first day I've used the search more than once or twice on the same day...
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
22 Apr 10
I have been using mylot search ever since it is establised here. So far I have not been unlucky to get that warning sign. The only message that popped up is telling me how much I've earned and it comes once in two days.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
ah well I guess I just used it too much all at once...
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@khaezi (1001)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
Hello there dawnald!! Thanks for this topic now I'm aware..I am currently using the search and luckily I've read your post before reaching their limit..I hope that you can use yours again soon.. Happy mylotting..
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@GardenGerty (160675)
• United States
23 Apr 10
Used to they suspended people for posting too many pictures. It is automated. I think that says a lot about the state of our world and how everyone wants to get a free bonus, so then the innocent, like you, Dawnald, get a label.
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@khaezi (1001)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Oh too bad!!! Well thank you for the infos they're really a big help..
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
I guess I have to limit my searching to just a few things per day...
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@sconibear (8016)
• United States
22 Apr 10
*puts on safari hat* *pops out of bushes* *holds up overly huge magnifying glass* Verrrrrrry interesting..............BUT STOOPID!
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@sconibear (8016)
• United States
22 Apr 10
oooooooh.........synchronized tongue wagging!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
yeah and you need practice!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
Apparently I should have titled this discussion "welcome smart alecks"?
• Boston, Massachusetts
24 Apr 10
Hi Dawn, Since i experienced receiving some reward from browsing the mylot web, i started to use it regularly. i love surfing and searching the net. i always received such notification. and when i received it i stop and just go back afterwards. ten it will work again.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Apr 10
yeah it did after a while...
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• Boston, Massachusetts
25 Apr 10
so good luck dawn. have patience and you will be receiving surpise rewards. i am!
• Australia
22 Apr 10
Dawn's Mask? - Mask disguise
Our Dawn? Suspicious? No way! PS Errrr - did you leave this behind at your last "job"?
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• Australia
23 Apr 10
But a purple mask would NOT be a disguise. We'd know it was you! Can't sit for long but improving. My pelvic bones separated again - and this time I wasn't pushing a wheelchair up and down steep hills.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
Oh goodness no, my mask has much more purple on it! How've you been?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
OK yeah, that might give it away... Hope you feel better soon!
@mr_pearl (5018)
• India
23 Apr 10
Hey... I have had this experience a couple of times.. I was really puzzled, as I hadn't done anything suspicious. First I thought, it was some software problem... But it happened the second time, I stopped using the search engine here... I don't want to get banned... LOL... I feared that I would get banned, if this suspicious activity tag kept coming up... Why does this happen?
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
23 Apr 10
That was more or less my guess as well, Dawnald. It doesn't do to try to second-guess the software in order to defraud it but if you occasionally fall foul of it in the course of normal searches, I think there is nothing to worry about.
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@mr_pearl (5018)
• India
24 Apr 10
Okay Dawnald... I think your reasoning is pretty correct, as I had a feeling that this might be the reason. I think we should ask Alice about it.. .Because once this 'Suspicious activity' message appears, one can't search for anything for next 24 hours... I suppose there should be some way out of it, and Alice might work upon it... What do you think?
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
I'm not worried...
@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
23 Apr 10
This search thing has always made me wonder. Gives so and so result. Never tried to reward me and now... I think I'll try it till I max out. Hopefully they bar only searching for me. Can't do without other things
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
It only prevented me from searching for a few hours and then I was able to do it again.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
He's just testing it...
@vandana7 (100297)
• India
23 Apr 10
Hey Hora, you dont have to max it out! You get the rewards without realizing. If you dont get the reward, dont continue for long. Take a break, and then resume. :)
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
22 Apr 10
that happened to me too. funny thing though, i was researching Christian organizations with the mylot search engines. thought that was rather ironic...
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
very...
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
22 Apr 10
no, I haven't gotten that - had a few times where I had to keep changing my search to find what I was looking for - heck, to find ANYTHING at all, but I haven't had that problem.
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@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
23 Apr 10
you are right - got it finally! weird
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
cool - we can be suspicious together!
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
Ooh go do like 20 searches in a row and see what you get!
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@BarBaraPrz (47332)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Apr 10
Well, after 20 searches in one day, it probably thought you were just searching to try to get rewarded...
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@BarBaraPrz (47332)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
22 Apr 10
Now you know it doesn't like being tested...
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
22 Apr 10
No doubt it did, but I was just really testing it...
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
Guess not cus it was getting testy!
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@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
22 Apr 10
Hello DAwnW, I've used the search engines before(I rarely or never use it now) I have experience a message that pop-ups like that. They make sure that the search engine is not abused. I think they need to do something about it.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
Ha, watch me abuse it. You are a horrible search engine and I hate you because you're crummy and you never give me the results I'm looking for. So there!
@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
23 Apr 10
No no, don't scare the search machine! It'll be frightened and run away! ;-)
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@yresh12 (3212)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
Nice one... "BAd bad search engine!!"
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@Darkoli (255)
23 Apr 10
I use the MyLot search but I don't get web results for some reason, so I just use it to search for interesting discussions. When I first started to use it I used it a lot, so after a while I did get that message. I have now cut down on using it so much and just use it when I think of something I feel like talking about. There is probably some sort of cap on using it and when you reach it it blocks you, but this cap is only for like for a day as the next day I could use it again just like normal. I'm not sure if you are really flagged as being suspicious though, it might just be a deterrent.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
I'm sure there's a limit, but you're not blocked daily. I was able to get back on later in the day. But yeah, the web search results are not the best, although I DO get results...
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
Maybe, you're not the only person who has said they get no web results at all...
@Darkoli (255)
23 Apr 10
Oh I didn't know that it was less, I didn't really stick around though because I only look back on MyLot every few hours (sometimes I don't even come on-line lol). As for the web results, I NEVER get results, and I have used it quite a bit. Maybe it doesn't work for certain country's, but I'm not sure.
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@geonelynn (369)
• Philippines
13 Feb 11
happened to me also.. don't actually quite understand that though.. :D
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
13 Feb 11
Using it too frequently, I think.
4 Feb 11
we are supposed to use it but it also states we are not to abuse the feature as we are paid for using the searchbar so i expect that the amount you can use it is limited to not let it be abused?
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
4 Feb 11
yeah, but of course we don't know at what point it 's considered abusive until we've already gotten the message
@quita88 (3715)
• United States
23 Apr 10
No, I have not. As a matter of fact I'm enjoying the searching. I have had a few with not results listed. HOpefully you and admin can straighten this out??
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
It's already working again and I just won't do so many searches so close together any more.
@quita88 (3715)
• United States
23 Apr 10
Good ! I know I'm behind on my answering of discussions. I am glad too that the searches are working for you. I am enjoying them too.
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@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
23 Apr 10
That message usually pops up if you search too fast. Give it a few minutes and you can use the search option again. Make sure to give a few moments interval to avoid the pop up.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
Oh yeah, I'm sure that's what it was. I just find it funny that they encourage you to use it, but don't tell you there are limits on it...
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
24 Apr 10
I was a bit worried when i saw that pop also but it don't bother me now. If the pop up appears, i just change browsers and continue surfing.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
29 Jan 11
Yes, I have also encountered this sometimes.. I use the search engine to lok for certain discussions, and then this message pops up. So I have to wait for a few hours to use it again.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
31 Jan 11
seems like there's a little bot that doesn't like it when you use it too often...
@rosegardens (3034)
• United States
23 Apr 10
I do not understand why you got that message instead of a message that notifies you of an award. Maybe the Mylot search has got buggy? I have not used it in a few days, but usually when I do I get a reward every few days or so. Thus far I have not received a suspicious activity message (and hope not to). I hope this gets straightened out for you soon. That is too bad you did not get a reward for using the search engine the first time! I always do.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
23 Apr 10
I was doing a lot of random searches too quickly, I think.
• United States
23 Apr 10
ah, I see.
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