google and hotlink blocking

[thrillho]

Are you getting stuff like images.google.xx/imgres in your referrer stats, with .htaccess protecting your images?

Definitely allow that bot in there - Ive found some good conversions from those hits

Now I'm a bit confused.

urb--images.google.xx/imgres is a good thing or bad? looks like either a foreign google or something trying to sneak past htaccess by posing as google?

Linkster--the bot you're referring to being the google bot? Is there one specific that just searches for the images that I'd be blocking with no hotlinking?