dant said:
FYI: I get this google message on certain topics as I read them sequentially from the home page of SOTT.
So far, I have had 5 pop-ups.
Google Warning message said:
Google has disabled use of the Maps API for this application. The provided key is not a valid Google API Key, or it is not authorized for the Google Maps Javascript API v3 on this site. If you are the owner of this application, you can learn about obtaining a valid key here: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/tutorial#api_key
What are the specific URLs to the pages giving you the error?
I can't make the error happen no matter what I do, including opening 30 SOTT pages at once. Maybe it's a regional issue with certain Google servers?
ADDED:
Just to explain what this error message actually is all about:
A Google API is a chunk of code that lets you access Google services and use them on your web site, in your app, or whatever. For example, you can go to maps.google.com and use Google Maps. But, if you want to use a Google Map on your own web site, it's not free and unlimited because you're using a Google product on your site - not theirs.
Thus, many Google APIs require a key that is limited to certain servers or domains, so that they can track and limit usage to Google services. We use the Google Maps API for WorldView. We have our own API key that is locked to SOTT's servers.
If someone tries to use our API key on their server, they would see the exact error message some of you are seeing lately.
But, we have an API key, it's valid, it's locked to our sites, and we're well under our usage limits. Even if we go beyond our usage limits, it will still work, but we'll have to pay for the usage.