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Are these spiders from Thailand?

repreat visits - who are they

         

Gregse

10:05 am on Jan 14, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Dear all,
Im getting repeat visits from Thailand- we dont normally do any business from there.
Are these odd robots?
My tracker is an online one and doesnt record them - but these seem a bit odd.
Sometimes spend quite a while.
Can anyone explain these "visitors" - we have a REDCROSS boaaner advert for the tsumani- is someone doing something naughty through this?
Mildy concerned about future implications of being found by a badbot.

ppp-61.90.22.108.revip.asianet.co.th (61.90.22.108)
and
ppp-203.144.143.7.revip.asianet.co.th (203.144.143.7)

Thanks in advance..

volatilegx

7:41 pm on Jan 15, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Do you know the UserAgent?

Gregse

8:17 pm on Jan 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Hi,
This is the info I get on my stats:
---------------------------(hit 1)
VISITOR ANALYSIS
Referring Link No referring link
Host Name ppp-61.90.22.108.revip.asianet.co.th
IP Address 61.90.22.108
Country Thailand
Region -
City -
ISP For Adsl Service (truelocalnet)
Returning Visits 1
Visit Length 0 seconds
VISITOR SYSTEM SPECS
Browser MSIE 6.0
Operating System Windows XP
Resolution 1024x768
Javascript Enabled

----------------------(hit 2)
VISITOR ANALYSIS
Referring Link No referring link
Host Name ppp-203.144.143.7.revip.asianet.co.th
IP Address 203.144.143.7
Country Thailand
Region Krung Thep Mahanakhon
City Bangkok
ISP Internet Service Provider
Returning Visits 0
Visit Length 4 mins 31 secs
VISITOR SYSTEM SPECS
Browser MSIE 6.0
Operating System Windows XP
Resolution 1024x768
Javascript Enabled
-------------------------------------

My package- (statcounter.com) doesnt track bots.
However---- they are back again................
Not always the same address, there are at least 2 addresses as example above.
All stop at the home page? (where the redcross banner is - thats why Im curious-- is Redcross being "done over" somehow?

Hope this assists. Thanks for the look in and thoughts.
Regards all.

wilderness

9:06 pm on Jan 16, 2005 (gmt 0)

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Gregse,
This script generated partial log data thingys don't provide complete and necessary inormation for exploration.

The folowing one example of a "full" log line in NCSA format.
68.142.250.106 - - [16/Jan/2005:04:28:25 -0800] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.0" 200 3219 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo! Slurp; [help.yahoo.com...]

The last section between the quotes provides the USER AGENT.
It's the only way anybody will be able to assist you.


"Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo! Slurp; [help.yahoo.com...]

In the event that your sites are hosted by a provider which does not give you access to full-logs?
The best service you may considering for yourself is immediately finding another host that does.

Don

Gregse

9:22 am on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Thanks for that info.
My host does provide access to logs but at a cost that I feel is too much. Like I just got an email saying they will analyse logs for $200(one off). :(

Im currently trying to install a new tracker that gathers all hits- few problems- Im a novice with php :), I have a friend assisting me noe to config it.
My current stats is statcounter.com - its ok but limited as you can see-provides the necessary for our normal needs.
Looks like i have to wait till the new webstats prog is on-- Looked at axs- over the top for us. Any suggestions for a free php script? - I have mysql.

Thanks for the advice, I will track this down as it does not seem right. Im concerned someone is going through the redcross banner add (it connects to a donation form on redcross).... thats why Im mildly interested. If I can get it up and see more I will return to the forum.
Regards- keep well

Visit Thailand

10:26 am on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

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True is an ISP provider in Thailand they offer dial up but mainly ADSL broadband, with no fixed IP.

Don't know if that helps but may well be a user in Thailand. Don't know what your website is about but perhaps one of your regular visitors is on holiday here?

Gregse

11:28 am on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Hello Visit Thailand,
Thanks for that. Ummm - definitely not trying to cast aspersions on Thailand :).
Our site is still new and in promotion - ant users would be on very specific pages i track (business offers)- the home page is very -who we are sorta thing.
Its not a user, but we are a travel related site (business meetings etc)- we have been getting mail re lost folk in Thaild after the distaster as we are a swedish company but internatnl operators.
The visits are retuns each day sometime 2x... very strange - will track it down :) thanks for input.
keep well

volatilegx

2:55 pm on Jan 17, 2005 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



I'll bet your mystery visitor is somebody who set your web page to be the home page of his browser :) Doesn't look like a spider to me.