buddybuzz

[Pfui]

12.175.178.25n
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; heritrix/1.14.3.r6601 +http://www.buddybuzz.net/yptrino)

robots.txt? Yes, but inconsistent.
Fake referer? Yes, and inconsistent: Your home URL or a page on your site

Same IP+UA seen on two disparate sites. IP registered to Yellowpages.com.

Link in UA 404s and shows a "CASINO BONUS OFFER" image w/ gaming and betting links. Home page similar. (Oh, Yellow Pages -- what's up with that?)

Slightly earlier, slightly different heritrix version seen last month --

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; heritrix/1.14.2 yptrino +http://www.buddybuzz.net/yptrino)

-- hailing from amazonaws.com. (See "amazonaws.com plays host to wide variety of bad bots [webmasterworld.com]." Message #3911669)

Same version also seen last May:

ec2-174-129-224-44.compute-1.amazonaws.com
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; heritrix/1.14.2 yptrino +http://www.buddybuzz.net/yptrino)

robots.txt? Yes
Fake referer? No

[keyplyr]

I see consistent attempts from Yellowpages.com using various methods. Why does it not surprise me that they are now using the unaccountable EC2?

Older thread: [webmasterworld.com...]

I even find their Yellow SPAM on the doorsteps of the residents in my building. Had to call them to send their truck back to remove 'em.

[keyplyr]

RE:http://www.buddybuzz.net

I did not know Yellow Pages had ventured into the online casino industry.

[caribguy]

Also seen with this UA:

"GET / HTTP/1.1" 403 274 "-" "libwww-perl/5.805"