Huge amount of calls - none left!

[Bud]

I thought I'd blocked all unecessary bots etc but my quota's run out all ready today... and I'm told it can't be increased (or reset) at the moment! :(

Is it just me?
:confused:

[windwardboy]

I thought I'd blocked all unecessary bots etc but my quota's run out all ready today... and I'm told it can't be increased (or reset) at the moment! :(

Is it just me?
:confused:

I feel the same :(
Can someone tell me if I'm wasting my time with SW.. I'm just a novice and though I really enjoy fooling around with the codes, I'm now getting fed-up with my quota running out!!! UUGGHHH!!!!! If i eventually finish my site then I'll wonder if promoting it will be worth while..

[GeorgeGaz]

Hi guys,

Please see this (http://www.shopwindowforum.com/showthread.php?t=1219) thread.

The quota holds are an interim solution during platform development.

This will be revoked in due time.

Regards

[Bud]

Thanks George.

That's not really why I was posting. Normally I've got plenty of calls available but over the last few days my calls increased to 20 or 50 times their norm.

Unfortunately I can't identify why or where they're all coming from.

I'm sure it's just a bad bot I've missed.

Just wondered if anyone else had been hit by it?

[GeorgeGaz]

Hi Bud,

Oh right ok :eek: that is a massive jump.
Could it be the new wolfram alpha engine thing?
It deals with "knowledge" as opposed to everything on the web but it's spiders could still be running amok.

Wolfram Alpha (http://www.wolframalpha.com/)

Cheers

[amcho]

I've had the same problem - it seems to be random ip's hitting random pages on the website, I now keep a list of bad ips and ban any that go over the top, unfortunately this often results in closing the stable door after the quota has bolted! Code Below:

$badips = array(
'92.249.115.128'
,'87.118.87.133'
,'205.209.170.19'
,'77.100.248.60'
,'208.115.111.247'
)
$ip=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$badip = in_array($ip,$badips);

if ($badip) {
echo "Sorry site not available - please try again later....";
exit;
}



Beware - I managed to ban google using a version of the above code,
but I did not run out of quota on that day, and managed the number 1 position in google results for
"Sorry site not available - database ip-throttle in effect - please try again later....";

[Bud]

Thanks for that Amcho. :)

...but I did not run out of quota on that day, and managed the number 1 position in google results for
"Sorry site not available - database ip-throttle in effect - please try again later....";

Now that did make me laugh :D :D

[Andy]

I saw a massive jump in Googlebot activity around the 20st-24rd on all my sites, maybe that's a factor.
Also, that Wolfram Alpha search engine that isnt a search engine is apparantly going nuts everywhere. Not sure on the user agent or IP, but again, might be a factor