Russian IPs = Auto Blocked?

[spacemanspiff]

I would have to say that the best way is to provide accurate whois info, and to avoid any of the several Russian hosts that have a bad reputation.

I don't blacklist w/m's just because they're Russian. I have quite a few good, trusted submitters from Russia, but I gotta tell ya, a big percentage of the sites in our freesite info database that are flagged as unacceptable are on Russian hosts, and most have fake US addresses and names in their whois. Sometimes, when I'm bored I'll use Google maps to look up the addresses listed on whois info. It's hilarious. Schools, churches, the Empire State Building, police departments. After a while you just get a feel for what's fake.

Get a US (or just non Russian) host if possible, build good sites, and just be honest..