[geeklog-devel] GoogleBot likes the File Management plugin

[Dwight Trumbower]

Google Ips

GOOGLE (GOOGLE)
Google Inc. (GOGL)
Google Inc.  (ZG39-ARIN)     arin-contact at google.com +1-650-318-0200
Google Inc. (AS15169) GOOGLE    15169
Google Inc. (AS15169) GOOGLE    15169
GOOGLE CW-204-188-0-B (NET-204-188-0-0-2) 204.188.0.0 - 204.188.0.255
Google Inc. GOOGLE (NET-216-239-32-0-1) 216.239.32.0 - 216.239.63.255
Google Inc. GOOGLE (NET-216-239-32-0-1) 216.239.32.0 - 216.239.63.255
Google Inc. EC12-1-GOOGLE (NET-64-68-80-0-1) 64.68.80.0 - 64.68.87.255
Google Inc. GOOGLE-2 (NET-66-102-0-0-1) 66.102.0.0 - 66.102.15.255
GOOGLE MFN-C177-64-124-78-16-29 (NET-64-124-78-16-1) 64.124.78.16 - 
64.124.78.23
GOOGLE MFN-C177-64-124-78-24-29 (NET-64-124-78-24-1) 64.124.78.24 - 
64.124.78.31
GOOGLE MFN-C177-64-124-78-80-29 (NET-64-124-78-80-1) 64.124.78.80 - 
64.124.78.87
Google Inc. MFN-T324-216-200-251-112-29 (NET-216-200-251-112-1) 
216.200.251.112 - 216.200.251.119

At 09:14 AM 5/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>At 03:41 PM 5/1/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>>I wrote:
>>
>> >Well, the answer is: GoogleBot. Of the 1453 downloads that file currently
>> >has, 1284 come from the GooglBot!
>>
>>More details: On April 26th alone, 344 instances of Googlebot (all from
>>different IP addresses) downloaded 360 copies of the file.
>>
>>Fortunately, the File Management plugin is only 140 KB, so this amounted
>>to 50 MB of traffic - on one day. If you have huge files and a traffic
>>limit, this could become expensive.
>>
>>It may be a good idea to add a pointer to <http://www.robotstxt.org/> to
>>the documentation of the File Management plugin ...
>>
>>bye, Dirk
>>
>>
>>--
>>http://www.haun-online.de/
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>
>
>What are the ip address range, maybe they are not really from googlebot?
>
>Dwight
>
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