tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post114732405938201682..comments2023-10-18T05:54:12.748-07:00Comments on IncrediBILL's Random Rants: Scraping My Big PipeIncrediBILLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14244934627308399202noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-1147409065107643602006-05-11T21:44:00.000-07:002006-05-11T21:44:00.000-07:00I've considered such things, but at this time it's...I've considered such things, but at this time it's statistically insignificant based on other parameters that yeild better results.<BR/><BR/>The only referrals I block at this time are changing referrals which are always referral spam.IncrediBILLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14244934627308399202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-1147405391620173742006-05-11T20:43:00.000-07:002006-05-11T20:43:00.000-07:00[quote]Problem is hosts like AOL is they have shar...[quote]Problem is hosts like AOL is they have shared IP's[/quote]<BR/>One person's problem is another person's opportunity :).<BR/><BR/>By the way, have you considered blocking stuff coming in with referrals from places like whois, or people doing searches on 'linkdomain', that kind of stuff?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-1147367302797733252006-05-11T10:08:00.000-07:002006-05-11T10:08:00.000-07:00Depends on who the offending host happens to be as...Depends on who the offending host happens to be as blocking a class C on AOL can fuck you up.<BR/><BR/>Hell, I turned up the heat on certain activity last week and snared a bunch of AOL IPs by accident, visibly cut into my revenue, and the amount of email from people that got caught skyrocketed.<BR/><BR/>Problem is hosts like AOL is they have shared IP's in a pool and people are allocated a new IncrediBILLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14244934627308399202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-1147348569825077772006-05-11T04:56:00.000-07:002006-05-11T04:56:00.000-07:00I've been blocking each offending host's class C.I...I've been blocking each offending host's class C.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure I have some collateral damage but I'm willing to suffer some friendly fire to stop the scraping bastards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com