Freaking me out...........

[thetrue]

I'm going to write a script that pings your site several times per hour, just to futz with you.

I'll set up a proxy here that you can use to further confuse... Hehe

 

[Derrel]

I'd be happy to mirror for ya'll...

 

[unpopular]

sweet. Now we just need a fake URL that it ties back to, like www.identity4sale.com

 

[rexbobcat]

My professional observation tells me that your site is slowly being converted and routed into a pornography site.

 

[ratssass]

My professional observation tells me that your site is slowly being converted and routed into a pornography site.

seriously?

 

[dewey]

My professional observation tells me that your site is slowly being converted and routed into a pornography site.

seriously?

No.

At least I hope no... I'm optimistic it was sarcasm.

Bots and spiders, while sometimes annoying, are also usually harmless. Google is not evil, although they are a business and they make money - so sure - they must be evil LOL. Anyway - if having this sort of traffic bothers you there are ways to block it. It really depends on your web host - it's sometimes easier or more difficult based on the host. I had a similar experience about a year ago... all from China. It stopped after a few weeks... and I'm assuming my site is now in all of the Chinese search engines.

You can also contact the host and open up a help ticket.

Deep breathing.

 

[ratssass]

Thanks,Dewey.
If they are harmless,that's a huge relief.However,they are bothersome in the sense that I try to track which type of shots,along with which teams are being viewed.It's just a small site basically dedicated to 2 local tracks,with a couple others thrown in.While it isn't much,it does help defray expenses.That is why I was freaking out.Why would anyone not local be interested in anything I have going on?
Also,I was wondering if this was something at the server level,or the site level?
This isn't really anything I have time to spend researching,and trying to figure out.I'm thinking that unless its something I can fix easily,I need to get in touch with the mystery man that set my site up.

 

[dewey]

I understand, and yes if you're trying to track which files are more popular it will drive you nuts. On the other had any reasonable tracking system can be set to filter out these erroneous clicks.

As far as whether it's a brute force website sort of 'attack' or it's just spiders checking every single file you could use just about any tracking software. Google Analytics offers some really good views of what's what with your website. You may want to give it a try if you don't already use it.

Have you seen a noticeable increase in the bandwidth usage or just more traffic?

 

[Alex_B]

Welcome to the WWW ... if you open an umbrella, you should be not afraid of it getting wet in real rain. If you put up something on the web, it will be seen, downloaded, crawled by bots.
If you do not like that, shut down your site. But there is no reason to do this as all is totally harmless and just the way things work.

 

[dewey]

Maybe you should google "empathy" Alex.

 

[Alex_B]

Maybe you should google "empathy" Alex.

I did google "reality" instead. Because I thought it would be more helpful to to calm down false fears

(Didn't intend to sound nasty in any way here)

 

[ratssass]

Maybe you should google "empathy" Alex.

...really!!
for those who choose to help,i thank you,for the rest,try the "How Much Should I Charge" threads

 

[Alex_B]

I thought my post helpful, as it reflects reality.
If it did not help, then I got either your question wrong, or misconceived the psychology behind your question. In any case if this is so, please just ignore my answer.

 

[rexbobcat]

seriously?

No no I was just kidding.

Notice how I said "professional" when I don't really l know jack**** about SEO and such.

 

[Chris R]

Doing a quick Google search of the Chinese IP you say is hitting your site reveals that it is an IP owned by Baidu.com which is China's #1 search engine. They are basically the Google of China. If a malicious bot was attempting to access your site, chances are they would have already if they could. Most bots like that just crawl around the web attempting very specific exploits on websites.

So... yeah... you're waaaaaaaaay overreacting here, but if foreign countries have no business accessing your site, simply block them using the link I provided last night.