Do any bloggers BAN countries? - GoFuckYourself.com

CIVMatt · 01-10-2014, 10:13 AM

With the constant junk traffic and spam 'user' signups from .pl and .ru etc... has anyone gone so far as to ban those country extensions at the server level?

I have no interest in those visitors legit or not and has caused nothing but problems.

Wizzo · 01-10-2014, 10:17 AM

I know a couple of guys that ban India, Pakistan, and China to keep their quality up.

Klen · 01-10-2014, 11:13 AM

I dont have any country banned at the moment,but reason for that is as i have toomuch bandwidth and resources available so i dont really care,otherwise i would ban many countries.

CIVMatt · 01-10-2014, 11:46 AM

What's a good ban list?

.ru
.pl

to start with... I'm a little leery to ban the chinese yet .

Wizzo I'm loving my juicyads... I need a rep btw.

HomerSimpson · 01-10-2014, 12:16 PM

send all those visitors my way...

I can help you out with the redirect script

CIVMatt · 01-10-2014, 12:35 PM

Oh you sneaky pete! If I do I just might (or send them all to an affiliate link)

trevesty · 01-10-2014, 01:18 PM

I don't block or redirect any countries. I use the geomatic tool at CrakRevenue to monetize them.

Seth Manson · 01-10-2014, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CIVMatt

What's a good ban list?

.ru
.pl

to start with... I'm a little leery to ban the chinese yet .

Wizzo I'm loving my juicyads... I need a rep btw.

India
Pakistan
Egypt
United Arab Emirates
Russia
China

You're not likely to get significant traffic from other places to make it worthwhile to block.

Magnetron · 01-10-2014, 01:30 PM

Reciprocate lousy traffic for not so lousy traffic from a toplist.

CIVMatt · 01-10-2014, 01:49 PM

Yeah I think I'd obviously send it somewhere. Thanks guys! Hope you're off to a good start on the new year!

x-rate · 01-10-2014, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trevesty

I don't block or redirect any countries. I use the geomatic tool at CrakRevenue to monetize them.

Was about to say the same...!

See sig!

jmcb420 · 01-10-2014, 02:10 PM

I don't blog, but I'm giving some serious consideration to blocking India, Egypt, and China altogether.

To much coming in from those countries with nothing in return, and I'm tired of banning individual IPs.

johnclark · 01-10-2014, 02:14 PM

I ban

India
Pakistan
Egypt
China

Well redirect them to a sponsor on the off chance of a sale, not made one in the 8 months the ban has been in-place.

Klen · 01-10-2014, 02:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CIVMatt

What's a good ban list?

.ru
.pl

to start with... I'm a little leery to ban the chinese yet .

Wizzo I'm loving my juicyads... I need a rep btw.

You could start with all muslim countries plus where porn is banned,kind a pointless to have such traffic.
Tho when it comes to ru it is better to redirect to proper sponsor,some of them pays a lot of money per pps on russian traffic.

Kelli58 · 01-10-2014, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seth Manson

India
Pakistan
Egypt
United Arab Emirates
Russia
China

You're not likely to get significant traffic from other places to make it worthwhile to block.

Korea is also another good one to bad.

Kelli58 · 01-11-2014, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnclark

Well redirect them to a sponsor on the off chance of a sale, not made one in the 8 months the ban has been in-place.

Careful of off site redirects. Google's been cracking down on that lately.

Webster01 · 01-12-2014, 05:04 AM

I also have A LOT of this trackback spam shit. especially on one single post, it´s years old. I hate to see that on my stats. I think only 10% of traffic on this project is real, the rest are chinese trackback hits and a lot categorized as "unknown". It´s really annoying.

I already tried to block lots of IP´s via htaccess, with plugins, but somehow it doesn´t work at all and I gave up

247mg · 01-19-2014, 01:30 AM

Instead of banning these countries traffic, send to us and we will convert these for you. Conversion rate will be high but instead of banning them send to us and you will enough income from your useless bandwidth eater traffic. We love to take them all!

01-10-2014, 10:13 AM	#1
CIVMatt Amateur Pimpin Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 13,075	Do any bloggers BAN countries? With the constant junk traffic and spam 'user' signups from .pl and .ru etc... has anyone gone so far as to ban those country extensions at the server level? I have no interest in those visitors legit or not and has caused nothing but problems. __________________ Make easy money with Webcams

01-10-2014, 10:17 AM	#2
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01-10-2014, 11:46 AM	#4
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01-10-2014, 12:35 PM	#6
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01-10-2014, 11:13 AM	#3
Klen Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Little Vienna Posts: 32,235	I dont have any country banned at the moment,but reason for that is as i have toomuch bandwidth and resources available so i dont really care,otherwise i would ban many countries.

01-10-2014, 01:18 PM	#7
trevesty Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest Posts: 3,806	I don't block or redirect any countries. I use the geomatic tool at CrakRevenue to monetize them.

01-10-2014, 01:30 PM	#9
Magnetron Lord High Groundhog Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Bumblefuck, USA Posts: 1,841	Reciprocate lousy traffic for not so lousy traffic from a toplist. __________________ . Approach the mirrored reflection saying his name three times : "Butcher .... Butcher .... Butcher ....." and wait to see if this Bogeyman urban legend manifests in the background, looming over shoulder While your neighbors were busy killing off everyone in the neighborhood with your own butcher knife in hand concealed behind your back you stood for ever before the window saying nothing

01-10-2014, 01:49 PM	#10
CIVMatt Amateur Pimpin Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 13,075	Yeah I think I'd obviously send it somewhere. Thanks guys! Hope you're off to a good start on the new year! __________________ Make easy money with Webcams

01-10-2014, 02:10 PM	#12
jmcb420 So Fucking Drunk Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,155	I don't blog, but I'm giving some serious consideration to blocking India, Egypt, and China altogether. To much coming in from those countries with nothing in return, and I'm tired of banning individual IPs. __________________ I'm funner than AIDS, and easier to explain to your parents.

01-10-2014, 02:14 PM	#13
johnclark Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 196	I ban India Pakistan Egypt China Well redirect them to a sponsor on the off chance of a sale, not made one in the 8 months the ban has been in-place. __________________ info[at]gallerytraffic.net Icq: 680 - 927 - 770

01-12-2014, 05:04 AM	#17
Webster01 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 377	I also have A LOT of this trackback spam shit. especially on one single post, it´s years old. I hate to see that on my stats. I think only 10% of traffic on this project is real, the rest are chinese trackback hits and a lot categorized as "unknown". It´s really annoying. I already tried to block lots of IP´s via htaccess, with plugins, but somehow it doesn´t work at all and I gave up

01-19-2014, 01:30 AM	#18
247mg Yellowplum / 247mg Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Nicosia, CY Posts: 2,161	Instead of banning these countries traffic, send to us and we will convert these for you. Conversion rate will be high but instead of banning them send to us and you will enough income from your useless bandwidth eater traffic. We love to take them all! __________________ 247mg.com - Indian Affiliate Program - Over 50+ Sites To Promote - Monetize Your INDIAN Traffic Today!