OMG my hosting plan won't support this

Discussion in 'Traffic Analysis' started by fadetoblack22, Oct 19, 2007.

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    Suddenly my page hits and bandwidth has shot up with my traffic staying the same. I have no idea why and my hosting is only 10GB/month!

    Has anyone got any idea why?
     
    fadetoblack22, Oct 19, 2007 IP
  2. Colbyt

    Colbyt Notable Member

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    What files are using the bandwidth? Images being hot-linked?

    You should be able to see the files in the stats.
     
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  3. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    I've been looking through the stats but I can't seem to find anything wrong.
     
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    live-cms_com Notable Member

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    Go into AwStats, click 'Full list' next to 'Pages-URL (Top 10)' and look for an image with huge bandwidth usage.
     
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  5. fadetoblack22

    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    I can't see anything there thats unusual. All the average sizes are in low KB.
     
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    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    I have found something in Webalizer though. there are 2 images that have very high hits. is there anything i can do other than change the file names?

    thanks
     
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    Banned some IPs or do hot linking protection.
     
    Bronto, Oct 19, 2007 IP
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    fadetoblack22 Well-Known Member

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    thanks for your help
     
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    Connect via FTP and do it.
     
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    Hi!
    You'll find you can do hotlink protection either through a control panel (like cpanel) or manual methods ( you could password protect a certain directory, for example) depending on how the server is setup, your access level, etc.

    Bryon
     
    bryon844, Oct 27, 2007 IP