tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post114581795378642785..comments2023-10-18T05:54:12.748-07:00Comments on IncrediBILL's Random Rants: Live Servers UpdateIncrediBILLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14244934627308399202noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-1145870874824266862006-04-24T02:27:00.000-07:002006-04-24T02:27:00.000-07:00Contact the host??? That never works. There's no...Contact the host??? That never works. <BR/><BR/>There's no ligitimate reason for a server to be crawling (i.e., scraping) my site.<BR/><BR/>I've been blocking their IP ranges for 6 months. I also do this:<BR/><BR/>"deny from live-servers.net"<BR/><BR/>-jayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-1145846792768367392006-04-23T19:46:00.000-07:002006-04-23T19:46:00.000-07:00I've tried contacting other hosting companies abou...I've tried contacting other hosting companies about similar situations and the hosts just passed it along to the people causing the problem resulting in a shit storm of email, they were pissed I complained, and it got ugly.<BR/><BR/>No thanks, I'll just keep blocking them.<BR/><BR/>BTW, note that I'm blocking hosting servers only, not IPs of surfers.IncrediBILLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14244934627308399202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-1145838409779755062006-04-23T17:26:00.000-07:002006-04-23T17:26:00.000-07:00Fasthosts / Liveservers are one of largest webhos...Fasthosts / Liveservers are one of largest webhosting companies in the United Kingdom, so it might not be fair to block all of their IP address ranges.<BR/><BR/>Have you tried to contact them ?<BR/><BR/>http://www.fasthosts.co.uk/companyinfo/contactus/<BR/><BR/>Alternatively, you may prefer the coincidence, that they are literally only one hop away from nearby Cheltenham, home of GCHQ, the UK Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com