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Mediapartners-Google from non-Google IP

Transparent spoof of a Googlebot

         

jdMorgan

3:26 pm on Sep 22, 2007 (gmt 0)

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66.249.16.212 - - [21/Sep/2007:22:18:23 -0400] "GET / HTTP/1.1" 403 666 "http://whois.#*$!/example.org" "Mediapartners-Google"

This 66.249.0.0-.31.255 IP address range belongs to Name Intelligence, right near the bottom end of a valid Google IP address range of 66.249.64.0-.95.255

I hope Google trademarks their 'bot names -- A bit of litigation might put a stop to this kind of silliness.

Jim

incrediBILL

9:27 pm on Sep 22, 2007 (gmt 0)

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I'd guess it's really Google crawling through a proxy for nameintel's screen shot tool or something similar.