Google Translation Servers

IP address referrers in access logs..

[yetanotheruser]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone else finds the Google Translation Servers a little annoying for log analysis?

They seem to turn up as various different IP addresses. Our clients don't ever understand what the IP address represents..

I was just about to type.. "Is there a reason the servers are not called translationXYZ.google.com" , but actually - I've just tried to translate a page on our server, and according to IE the site _is_ called translation.google.com.

In which case does anyone know why the referrer in the logs still appears as IP addresses rather than translation.google? Is it just me?

Thanks :)

[xlcus]

does anyone know why the referrer in the logs still appears as IP addresses

Are you using Apache? Apache and probably quite a lot of other web servers don't lookup hostnames by default as it can significantly slow the server.

If you are using Apache and have access to the server configuration, you can turn this feature on by using the HostnameLookups directive [httpd.apache.org].

[xlcus]

Doh! I just re-read your post and noticed you were talking about the referrer not the visitor ip.

Must... engage... brain... before... typing! :)