View Full Version : How do I check my Raw logs for image hotlinking?
craze3
Oct 20th 2007, 7:12 pm
Is there any way I can see what websites are embedding images hosted on my servers on their servers?
oldmonk
Oct 21st 2007, 8:48 pm
nihuo anlayzer provide stolen object analysis function, example report is available in www.loganalyzer.net/sample/Resources_Accessed.html#Stolen_Object
hans
Oct 28th 2007, 8:12 pm
what current access_log analyzer do you use ??
example if you have webalizer or a modified version
look at your referrers
then look top to bottom at all unusual referrars
top normally are all SE
then you may find a bunch of social network sites referring to you - most of them are hotlinkers
click on ALL the high traffic links of those social networks showing up as a referrer - usually you get near zero real / generic traffic from such networks - my experience has shown that most social network-backgrounds and displayed pics are hotlinked
either within text or as bg
I have high resolution wallpapers - 1600x12 or 1920x1920 ( widescreen ) most such files are from a few hundred kb to nearly a MB - hotlinked up to many ten thousands of times per months = some 10+ GB traffic per months by stolen/ hotlinked pics
this a.b. procedure is fast if your referrers are clickable ( link in webalizer/angolizer )
hence now it's time for action - hotlink protection in .htaccess with the exclusion of all major SE image search - no definitely will NOT want to have their cached pages showing broken images or replacement images since you most likely may get valuable generic traffic form image search ( image search is my Nr 1 traffic from G !!)
a result of possible action is seen in the background of
http :// www .hi5.com/friend/117492608--Malu--Profile-html ( w/o spaces )
that a.m. sample hotlinker obviously forgot how to change bg - its running since many weeks with the currently displayed banner bg
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