SBIder/0.7

What do you think about this bot?

[GaryK]

This is the full user agent:
SBIder/0.7 (SBIder; [sitesell.com...] [support.sitesell.com...]

The IP Address belong to Peer 1:
64.34.145.*

It read robots.txt and appeared to respect it. But since it only took my index page I can't be sure how compliant it is.

It claims to be based on Nutch.

[volatilegx]

You can post the IP for this one if you want. When in doubt, post it, and I'll obscure it if necessary :)

[GaryK]

Will do.

64.34.145.195

[wilderness]

It wouldn't hurt traffic a bit to take this up to the Class B!

[GaryK]

You're such a wildman, wilderness. ;)

[wilderness]

"wildman"

Gary,
I'm very fortuante that I'm able to compare resources and feedback from various sources both in and outside my websites.
The horsey world has their own communities which are far-reaching and valuable. My sites were created to benefit the horsey comunities and many have become aware of that.
If a denied range and/or person desires access to my sites, there are other ways to contact me.

One example is a recent inquiry/request that was passed on to from a publication editor, in which another person in Norway. (As many are aware, the majority of RIPE is out for me).
The Norwegian actually had a link on his website to one of mine and was requesting access for himself (rather than referring visitors).

No problem, rewrite a couple of ranges an he's in.

My actions are just as stern in denying North American IP's as any others.

I'm not sure how many times I've denied the complete and entire ranges of Road Runner, only to wait a period of time and allow the majority back in.
The same with Covad, US West and a host of others.

If the providers and backbones will NOT take resposibilty for their users actions (by enforcing UAG), than we as webmasters have no alternative.

Don

[GaryK]

than we as webmasters have no alternative.

I couldn't agree more. You're lucky that you can ban so many broad IP ranges. I can't do that because my sites get legitimate traffic from nearly every country in the world. I've never had any members from China or either Korea. But apparently model cars are popular almost everywhere else, including Antarctica.

[wilderness]

Gary,
I'm not too fond of the word ban, it sounds so final.

Hell! I even have a category for Tmp Denies, in which I'll add a range in for a day or two as a test to see if a visitor will clean their act up.

Acummulated lists and IP ranges should be on constant review!
We never know precisely around what corner our treasure chest awaits, or even our open pit too hades ;)

Don