RichD <r_delaney2001 at yahoo.com> contributed wisdom to news:b968c6c6-5aa9- 4584-bd7a-5b097f17c54d at pu9g2000pbc.googlegroups.com: > Web gurus, what's going on? > That is the fault of the site itself. If they are going to block access to users then they should also block access to the automated spiders that hit the site to collect data.