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mg66
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:05 am    Post subject: Strange Log file Entry Reply with quote

Today I found this entry in my log file...

66.249.66.199 - - [04/Mar/2005:10:27:21 -0600] "GET /robots.txt HTTP/1.1" 200 291 "" "Mozilla/4.0 (MobilePhone SCP-5500/US/1.0) NetFront/3.0 MMP/2.0 FAKE (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)"

Did an IP lookup and it is in the Google range. Searched the net and people have reported seeing this but noone has been able to explain exactly what it is.

My site gets spidered by Google but this is the first time I have seen an entry like this.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

robots.txt tells search bots what they can and can't look at, and add to their search engine.

more info: http://www.searchengineworld.com/robots/robots_tutorial.htm
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes I run a robot.text file and a bot trap setup on my home page and any spider that does not conform to the standard I disallow.

What I thought was strange was the mobile phone part. Just strange and never seen it before.
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PostPosted: Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mg66 wrote:
Yes I run a robot.text file and a bot trap setup on my home page and any spider that does not conform to the standard I disallow.

What I thought was strange was the mobile phone part. Just strange and never seen it before.

It could be a request from a real mobile phone or some one who has configured his browser to send this as a user agent.
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