SearchByUsa/2

Robots.txt -yes.

[pendanticist]

An overnight visitor looks new.

The bot page renders a 404, but if you trim back the URL you'll see a PR-less page.

69.150.7.164 - - [27/Nov/2004:12:24:41 -0800] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 1705 "-" "SearchByUsa/2 (SearchByUsa; [SearchByUsa.com...] info'at'SearchByUsa.com)"
69.150.7.164 - - [27/Nov/2004:12:24:42 -0800] "GET / HTTP/1.0" 200 20402 "-" "SearchByUsa/2 (SearchByUsa; [SearchByUsa.com...] info'at'SearchByUsa.com)"

It's another IP Number belonging to:

[/11/28/04 07:12:42 IP block 69.150.7.164
Trying 69.150.7.164 at ARIN
Trying 69.150.7 at ARIN

OrgName: SBC Internet Services - Southwest
OrgID: SBIS
Address: 2701 W 15th St PMB 236
City: Plano
StateProv: TX
PostalCode: 75075
Country: US

NetRange: 69.148.0.0 - 69.155.255.255
CIDR: 69.148.0.0/14, 69.152.0.0/14
NetName: SBCIS-SBIS-6BLK
NetHandle: NET-69-148-0-0-1
Parent: NET-69-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.SWBELL.NET
NameServer: NS2.SWBELL.NET
Comment:
Comment: > Contact IPAdmin-SBIS'at'sbis.sbc.com for general IP Admin support.
Comment: > Contact support'at'swbell.net for technical support issues.
Comment: > Contact abuse'at'swbell.net for policy abuse issues.
RegDate: 2003-12-24
Updated: 2004-02-25

TechHandle: ZS44-ARIN
TechName: IPAdmin-SBIS
TechPhone: [phone]
TechEmail: IPAdmin-SBIS'at'sbis.sbc.com

OrgAbuseHandle: ABUSE6-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: Abuse - Southwestern Bell Internet
OrgAbusePhone: [phone]
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse'at'swbell.net

OrgNOCHandle: SUPPO-ARIN
OrgNOCName: Support - Southwestern Bell Internet Services
OrgNOCPhone: [phone]
OrgNOCEmail: support'at'swbell.net

OrgTechHandle: IPADM2-ARIN
OrgTechName: IPAdmin-SBIS
OrgTechPhone: [phone]
OrgTechEmail: IPAdmin-SBIS'at'sbis.sbc.com

# ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-11-27 19:10
# Enter? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database.

...and I KNOW I've banned a few of these Plano folks.

[wilderness]

Their site works on java or cookies or something.

Most every link on the main page is incorrect.
these work (minus the forum changes)
h**p://www.searchbyusa.com/en/about.html
even the help page has a dead link:
h**p://www.searchbyusa.com/en/help.html

[jdMorgan]

The Plano address is that of SBC, the ISP and hosting service for these users.

So this appears to be a private 'bot with no working info page.

Jim

[JAB Creations]

HA! I worked for a few months for SBC... outsourcing SOB's!

Anyway I just posted in my own forums and it doesn't seem abusive at all so far and obeys robotx.txt.