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  1. 10-02-2004, 07:07 PM #1
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    Default Spiders eating up bandwidth

    I may have to upgrade my hosting plan soon. Recently the sites traffic(non spiders) plus spiders are eating up bandwidth like crazy, hehe.

    For example now there is spider on this site all the time, Jet Bot its name is
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    Which is good new to you, I suppose ... Who knows, in a couple of years time, this site may just overtake forums like SitePoint and WMT?
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    heh, that sucks. How much bandwidth do you think they've consumed?
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    well this Jet Bot spider is taking up quite a bit. since the forum was moved its taken up over 80mb. it just keeps eating, lol
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    http://www.jeteye.com/jetbot.html

    id just block it, it doesnt seem like an important spider like google etc

    but thats just me it coul be important it just doesnt look it
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    I wont block it, Ive got enough bandwidth to cover it so Im not that bothered
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    Anyone know who the owner of the spider is?
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    Maybe its attracted to us...
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    well for some reason its always on this site. Ive looked at other more popular forums like WMT and WMF and its not showing up once.
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