Sgt_Kickaxe
msg:4497758 | 12:45 pm on Sep 20, 2012 (gmt 0) |
The official Googlebot is based in California according to Google. The human raters however may be anywhere on the planet so blocking an entire country might cause a few of them to give your page a *did not load* rating. I imagine that if your site gathers enough of those it might impact your rankings, only Google knows for sure.
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tedster
msg:4497784 | 1:22 pm on Sep 20, 2012 (gmt 0) |
Google's method for webmasters to verify googlebot as being authentic rests on a reverse and forward verification of the IP address.
All the IP addresses that verify in this way are Mountain View CA. See How to Verify Googlebot and Avoid Rogue Spiders [webmasterworld.com]
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levo
msg:4497808 | 1:59 pm on Sep 20, 2012 (gmt 0) |
You can either find the IP range of rough websites and deny access, or you can switch from a server based analyzer to page tagging–based analytics service (like Google Analytics etc.)
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serenoo
msg:4497934 | 8:06 pm on Sep 20, 2012 (gmt 0) |
"You can either find the IP range of rough websites and deny access"
(For some ip there is a range, for others there is a fixed ip)
Levo, isnt't that what I did?
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levo
msg:4497936 | 8:19 pm on Sep 20, 2012 (gmt 0) |
You're right. But make sure to find and block the IP address/block of the server/datacenter. AFAIK Google and/or raters don't use those IP addresses.
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