Yahoo bot?

[webzilla]

Is this really a Yahoo bot?

Don't remember ever seeing this one until the past week or so:

"WebIndexer/1-dev (Web Indexer; mailto://[e-mail]; [e-mail])"

[wilderness]

[google.com...]

Using the search method that balam provided in Msg#10 of this thread:
[webmasterworld.com...]

[volatilegx]

Short answer: I don't think it is, webzilla.

[eeek]

Whatever it is, it sure is stupid when it comes to using the Location: header.

[keyplyr]

WebIndexer/1-dev is the bot from World Lingo, an online translating service. They prefetch popular webpages that either use their service or that users submit a lot. Their UA string does identify contact info as [e-mail], but AFAIK there's no connection.

[GaryK]

I could not get WordLingo's free URL translation service to work; it kept throwing errors. So I could not verify their user agent.

Keyplyr is probably right about WordLingo.

Just to be safe I wanted to add there is a nasty little site ripper that calls itself WebIndexer and the user agent is 100% customizable.

I sent an e-mail to the address in the user agent. I'll let you know what I find out.

[keyplyr]

I could not get WordLingo... to work... So I could not verify their user agent. Keyplyr is probably right about WordLingo.

I've been using their service for 3 years.

...there is a nasty little site ripper that calls itself WebIndexer and the user agent is 100% customizable.

As are most :)

While WebIndexer/1-dev is the bot from World Lingo, what may be calling itself this may of course be anything from anywhere. If it's from World Lingo, the IP will verify it.

[GaryK]

I've been using their free service for 3 years.

I should have been more specific. :)

Their text translator works fine. It's the one where you enter a URL that the website throws an error:

An Error has occurred whilst trying to process your service request.
Error Details:
Unable to connect to specified website.
Code: 76

I get the above error regardless of what URL I enter. Is that happening to you too?

[keyplyr]

Gary - sticky sent

An Error has occurred whilst trying to process your service request.
Error Details:
Unable to connect to specified website.
Code: 76

Make sure you have referrer logging and JS enabled :)

[GaryK]

Thanks so much. The user agent in question is definitely World Lingo.

[Riamus]

I saw this as well... I checked the IP and it brought up some other company out of Wisconsin, so it wasn't a World Lingo bot unless they are using another company's IP. :(

[GaryK]

The IP Address the bot used when I had it translate one of my pages yesterday was also registered to a hosting company in Green Bay, WI called Netsonic. :)