tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post5860476354039487723..comments2008-10-19T17:30:27.604-07:00IncrediBILLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14244934627308399202noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-34424770299110947552008-08-20T22:26:00.000-07:002008-08-20T22:26:00.000-07:00

You definitely have a point. I was trying to make a list of the most active bots but I quit at 100 of them. A few years ago 100 might cover it.<BR/><BR/>Then there are the ones that don't identify themselves at all and use a generic useragent. It's one thing if they take just your front page to see what the site is about but another when it's 100+ pages in under a minute.

_ck_noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-87250859353096915792008-07-10T15:50:00.000-07:002008-07-10T15:50:00.000-07:00

Woohoo! My site has a more than 50:1 bot-to-human ratio. I'm essentially writing for the machines.<BR/><BR/>Do you have an idea why they keep asking for a file named "transformers.txt"? That's not quite right ...

Alphane Moonhttp://alphanemoon.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-47932730183399949522008-06-11T04:43:00.000-07:002008-06-11T04:43:00.000-07:00

Sublime, just sublime. Thank you for writing this. :D<BR/><BR/>Going to have to keep you on my (VERY small) list of feeds now for more little bits of excellence like this!

Christopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01386819302956011610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-39650484896329283462008-06-07T10:44:00.000-07:002008-06-07T10:44:00.000-07:00

so true..

Chaokaizerhttp://chaoskaizer.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-87690115781893196362008-06-04T08:48:00.000-07:002008-06-04T08:48:00.000-07:00

<I>There are no fucking people on your site. the internet is now run for and used exclusively by bots</I><BR/><BR/>Ah, not strictly true .. I get bots <I>and</I> hackers! You're right though - I don't seem to get <I>real</I> people visiting now and can't recall the last time somone left a comment on my blog other than to sell me something. *sigh*

peterg22http://www.mildewhall.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-62931949032116907602008-06-02T17:48:00.000-07:002008-06-02T17:48:00.000-07:00

Shit. I missed the first dot bomb, but this post certain burst my own little bubble. And Google Analytics got my hopes up.<BR/><BR/>I hate you now.<BR/><BR/>However...I am intrigued by your view s and with to /subscribe to your newsletter. One more RSS pounding, coming you way.

xianvoxhttp://xianvox.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-58947448688374733182008-05-16T23:41:00.000-07:002008-05-16T23:41:00.000-07:00

It is amazing how much bandwidth we waste supporting these spiders everyday.<BR/><BR/>BTW: Your name sounds incredibly familiar (no pub intended), I just can't place it where...

angsumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744603706323141930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-79619199955585383492008-05-15T04:29:00.000-07:002008-05-15T04:29:00.000-07:00

Love the last line. I'm starting to feel that way too when I look at my logs, it's insane. <BR/><BR/>I remember when Brett Tabke mentioned WMW having a 50 to 1 bot-to-human ratio at one point, I thought it was awful. I think a lot more websites are at that point now.

Rosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-30065810591812006122008-05-13T13:47:00.000-07:002008-05-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

Looks like you are in need of a good IP database.<BR/><BR/>And like you I think that the impact of some is a real pain, especially those picsearch ones trawling for fucking copyright images - yes I've got 6 Gig of images on the site - and yes I have copyright on or permission to use every last one. They don't need downloading by parasite bots every month to check that they haven't changed.<BR/><

Ian Turnerhttp://www.didyoudoitbeforeyoureadaboutit.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-68922607218152520252008-05-13T06:52:00.000-07:002008-05-13T06:52:00.000-07:00

IncrediBill you are my hero, you say what the rest of us are afraid to say because we'd get our mouths rinsed with soap.<BR/><BR/>Fantastic rant.

httpwebwitchhttp://www.ianring.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19248375.post-67368732949711774832008-05-13T02:29:00.000-07:002008-05-13T02:29:00.000-07:00

From: The Bot Overlords<BR/>To: Internets<BR/><BR/>We love you. Feed us.

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