new bot: http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler [c01]

IBM Web Fountain

[claus]

The very hyped "hot shot" search technology from IBM just visited, i'm honored :)

1) UA-url yields info: [almaden.ibm.com...]

2) And this as well: [almaden.ibm.com...]

Reads "robots.txt" and has not violated. Link 1 claims support. Very well-behaved, spent five (5) hours GETting 89 files.

/claus

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Method: GET
Protocol: HTTP/1.0
Files: HTML + "robots.txt"
UA-string: [almaden.ibm.com...] [c01]

IP: 66.147.154.3
Focal Communications FOCC-SPRBLK-4 (NET-66-147-128-0-1)
66.147.128.0 - 66.147.223.255
IBM Almaden Research Center FOCC-IBM-SJC-1 (NET-66-147-154-0-1)
66.147.154.0 - 66.147.154.63

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edit: added: it does not seem to understand a 301-redirect - all files were redirected and it only got the headers (or perhaps it insists on domains starting with "www."?)

[moltar]

I got something too today. Was just looking here at WW if anyone knows anything about it and found this post.

AwStats identified it as "IBM_Planetwide", is that the one? I can't find that record in my logs though. What name does it go under in logs? It grabed 42 pages at once. Very good.

[lazerzubb]

Hehe do a few searches, the almaden crawler have been online as long as i can remember ;)

[moltar]

What about "IBM_Planetwide"? I searched WW and found nothing.

[lazerzubb]

moltar: [robotstxt.org...]

And from webmasterworld:
[webmasterworld.com...]

[claus]

>> What name does it go under in logs?

This: "http://www.almaden.ibm.com/cs/crawler [c01]"

>> IBM planetwide

Here: [ibm.com...] -no bot there though...

>> have been online as long as i can remember

damn, then i'm not honored at all... 'twas about time they paid me a visit then..

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added:

After seeing lazerzubbs post and following the link i think that IBM Planetwide is not the same bot. Or perhaps it is an old name for it..

[moltar]

Thanks lazerzubb, it says "Restricted to IBM owned or related domains." on the description page of that robot.

My domain is not owned nor it's anyhow related to IBM. Why would it come to my site?

[wilderness]

Why would it come to my site?

To make YOUR resources available to its customers :(

[wilderness]

from today's IAR Newsletter

4. IBM to Update Information Integration Tool
Big Blue embarks on a big project to add rich media, speed, flexibility and to its DB2
Information Integrator product; for now, call it 'Project Masala.'
http ://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3070461