Looks like Google have gotten a bit trigger happy lately – some GTrends SE users have been getting errors in the “Competition” column yesterday, me included. This is because Google doesn’t want any automated tools checking their search results. I looked around for a solution and made a few minor changes to GTrends SE to [...]
New version is out, get it here! I implemented two new features that were suggested by users – Launch new instance Now you can open more than one GTrends SE window. You can do this using the aptly named “Launch new instance” Start Menu shortcut. Note that as a tradeoff windows opened in this manner [...]
To configure GTrends SE to use a proxy, open the Settings window by clicking the “Settings” button from the toolbar (it’s the next-to-last button). Then locate the “Proxy Settings” section. Check Use a proxy and enter the proxy’s address in the Proxy box. The address should be in the form IP:PORT. “IP” is the unique [...]
GTrends SE checks if there are any pages from Web 2.0 sites in the Google search results for every keyword (when searching for an “exact match”). For this purpose it uses a list of domains stored in a text file. To edit the list of Web 2.0 sites, open the GTrends SE installation directory (it’s [...]
Following a suggestion from one of the users of GTrends SE, I’ve added proxy support to the tool. Now you can specify a HTTP proxy in the “Settings” window. I’ve also (finally!) got the upgrade script up and working. If you have already purchased the software, you can now visit the Updates page at any [...]