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Safe to block IP from a certain country

Discussion in 'Google' started by EC23, Oct 7, 2009.

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    Hi guys, I wanna block ip from certain country, when they visit my website, it will show 403 forbidden, is it safe? Will it affect my GOOGLE rankings?:D
     
    EC23, Oct 7, 2009 IP
  2. indyguidedotinfo

    indyguidedotinfo Notable Member

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    not at all. i blocked a few and have no problems.
     
    indyguidedotinfo, Oct 7, 2009 IP
  3. theapparatus

    theapparatus Peon

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    Would be very easy to get around though with a proxy or other method.
     
    theapparatus, Oct 7, 2009 IP
  4. FREE BET

    FREE BET Peon

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    proxy is better than ip blocking directly to be honest...
     
    FREE BET, Oct 7, 2009 IP
  5. indyguidedotinfo

    indyguidedotinfo Notable Member

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    only if the people are smart enough to know about proxys. plus on ajax intensive sites such as digg. proxies will not work
     
    indyguidedotinfo, Oct 8, 2009 IP
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    ROOFIS Well-Known Member

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    There's also a good amount of VPN's out there that can cut through Ajax, Flash, Java and the like. :D From experence blocking certain IP's if it's a bandwidth dilemma will probably get you some good Adsense or other Ad network revenue as you'll find your former visitors utilizing some sort of remote server to bypass. Considering that most of these virtual IP services are US based most of the clicks got via your ad networks consider the foreign visitors with bypass tools - US based and reward revenue as such, great exploit, should be an ebook written, and you don't here it from me. :D








    ROOFIS :eek:
     
    ROOFIS, Oct 8, 2009 IP
  7. alldaylinks

    alldaylinks Active Member

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    Are you blocking US traffic?

    This is where most of the Googlebot traffic will come from...
     
    alldaylinks, Oct 8, 2009 IP
  8. buldozerceto

    buldozerceto Active Member

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    Just don't block the users from California USA. :D
     
    buldozerceto, Oct 8, 2009 IP
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    webdev007 Active Member

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    Intruders are smart enough as they mostly used north American proxies and sometimes it become hard to distinguish between genuine users and others based on just IPs.
     
    webdev007, Oct 8, 2009 IP
  10. malcolm1

    malcolm1 Prominent Member

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    Hello...

    I blocked alot of countries and nothing has happened ...

    laterz
    malcolm
     
    malcolm1, Oct 8, 2009 IP
  11. gogiants

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    However I am confused.

    What will happen if you blocked US IP or IPs ?
     
    gogiants, Oct 8, 2009 IP
  12. AirForce1

    AirForce1 Peon

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    Right, this would not affect your Google page ranking but would affect your alexa rank. :)
     
    AirForce1, Oct 8, 2009 IP
  13. alldaylinks

    alldaylinks Active Member

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    Your website would no longer appear in Google.

    Most of Google's spiders and servers are in California USA.

     
    alldaylinks, Oct 9, 2009 IP