For you gallery submitters with strange google stats

HowlingWulf · 2009-06-15, 11:02 AM

I've been seeing many top google requests in my TGP stats for search terms 'art','galleries','porn', and 'xbuster'. They're totally fake.

I finally found the reason.

the TGPx script fakes its referrer as google when fetching the page after submission. The default it uses is
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
which the TGPx owner can change. The reason given is

"Using Google as the referrer gives the best chance of having the gallery load correctly for the scanner, since very few sites are likely to want to block requests from such a popular site."

Hopefully this post will save others the frustration I had. I thought it was another crazy bot.

2009-06-15, 11:02 AM	#1
HowlingWulf Me fail English? That's unpossible! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: FL Posts: 1,381	For you gallery submitters with strange google stats I've been seeing many top google requests in my TGP stats for search terms 'art','galleries','porn', and 'xbuster'. They're totally fake. I finally found the reason. the TGPx script fakes its referrer as google when fetching the page after submission. The default it uses is http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search which the TGPx owner can change. The reason given is "Using Google as the referrer gives the best chance of having the gallery load correctly for the scanner, since very few sites are likely to want to block requests from such a popular site." Hopefully this post will save others the frustration I had. I thought it was another crazy bot. __________________ WordPress Porn directory theme => Maddos Create a Porn Tube => Video Pornster