Any experience with Webclipping robots?

[QNetwork]

I noticed a few days ago a robot called Webclipping looked at my robots.txt and index.htm and then went away. I checked webclipping.com. Apparently that company sells something called "web clips" to corporate clients. Does anybody know anything else about this robot and "web clips"?

Thanks in advance

[carfac]

QNet:

Did you get an IP or UA on this one?

dave

[jdMorgan]

I've seen these guys before from the following IP range:

# Webclipping.com 209.73.228.160 - 209.73.228.160.175

...and added the following line to my mod_rewrite ban list:

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^209\.73\.228\.1(6[0-9]¦7[0-5])$

I believe they go through web pages looking for mention of their clients' names for the purpose of "Brand name management" - in the manner of collecting newspaper clippings on specific subjects.

Jim

[carfac]

OK, I did already have it blocked:

# Webclipping.com
^209\.73\.228\.1(6[0-9]¦7[0-5])$

dave

[QNetwork]

Thanks guys for the info. I am going to block it.