Comments on: Update on Pingdom Referrer Spam http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2006/11/update-on-pingdom-referrer-spam The personal website of Paulo Ordoveza Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:07:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eeve http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2006/11/update-on-pingdom-referrer-spam#comment-4452 Eeve Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:11:27 +0000 http://dev.brownpau.com/wp/?p=3086#comment-4452 Well pingdom... anytime now. I'm still getting your hits in my logs. Get lost. And change that referrer... now! I'm still waiting.... For all webmasters: I recommend password protecting ALL traffic stats pages. Well pingdom… anytime now. I’m still getting your hits in my logs. Get lost. And change that referrer… now! I’m still waiting….

For all webmasters: I recommend password protecting ALL traffic stats pages.

]]> By: Paulo http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2006/11/update-on-pingdom-referrer-spam#comment-4451 Paulo Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:50:23 +0000 http://dev.brownpau.com/wp/?p=3086#comment-4451 Thanks, Pingdom. I've updated the entries involved to reflect your responsiveness to the issue, and look forward to the GIGRIB service. Thanks, Pingdom. I’ve updated the entries involved to reflect your responsiveness to the issue, and look forward to the GIGRIB service.

]]> By: Pingdom http://hownow.brownpau.com/archives/2006/11/update-on-pingdom-referrer-spam#comment-4450 Pingdom Thu, 16 Nov 2006 11:57:41 +0000 http://dev.brownpau.com/wp/?p=3086#comment-4450 In retrospect, it is really unfortunate that we have used “production settings” (including the page link) for the crawler before the site was ready. Your criticism is valid and we agree that we should have done things differently. We wanted to make sure that everything worked correctly and also clearly identify ourselves and what we were doing. In your example you mention whois.sc as having an acceptable practice by providing a link to a page, and we will be there very, very soon, within one or at most two weeks. To give you an idea, we have a small entry about this in our company blog which explains how the initial pages will work. <a href="http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=46." rel="nofollow"><a href="http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=46." rel="nofollow">http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=46.</a></a> Small comment about EV1. We have also gotten EV1 to rename the server in question, a name that must have been left from the previous user of that server. It should now be listed as bot-12.pingdom.com. As for general practices of EV1, that is not for us to comment on. They are just one of the hosting companies we are using to lease servers. If you have questions, you are always welcome to contact us. In retrospect, it is really unfortunate that we have used “production settings” (including the page link) for the crawler before the site was ready. Your criticism is valid and we agree that we should have done things differently. We wanted to make sure that everything worked correctly and also clearly identify ourselves and what we were doing. In your example you mention whois.sc as having an acceptable practice by providing a link to a page, and we will be there very, very soon, within one or at most two weeks. To give you an idea, we have a small entry about this in our company blog which explains how the initial pages will work. http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=46.

Small comment about EV1. We have also gotten EV1 to rename the server in question, a name that must have been left from the previous user of that server. It should now be listed as bot-12.pingdom.com. As for general practices of EV1, that is not for us to comment on. They are just one of the hosting companies we are using to lease servers.

If you have questions, you are always welcome to contact us.

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