How do I...

CelticTiger · 2005-01-17, 08:12 AM

How do I setup .htaccess to redirect foreign bandwidth thieves and send them somewhere else? I'm getting pounded by some useless traffic which is eating up some serious bandwidth.

Cheers.

Greenguy · 2005-01-17, 09:10 AM

You probably need what DrBizzaro is looking for

http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...threadid=15325

CelticTiger · 2005-01-17, 10:32 AM

Yeah...I saw that already, thanks. I'm not really looking to geo redirect ~ more like banning a domain from sending traffic.

DangerDave · 2005-01-17, 04:03 PM

HTH

http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...ght=modrewrite
http://www.greenguysboard.com/board/...ght=modrewrite

DD

Cleo · 2005-01-17, 08:00 PM

I found this in a folder of web clippings that I keep.

I haven't tried it myself. It looks like PHP code to me so I would guess that the page needs the php extension.

<?
$user_lan = $HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE;

/******
language code | language
------------------------------------
ar | Arabic
cs | Czech
da | Danish
de | German
el | Greek
en | English
es | Spanish
fi | Finnish
fr | French
hu | Hungarian
it | Italian
jp | Japanese
nl | Dutch
no | Norwegian
pl | Polish
pt | Portuguese
ro | Romanian
ru | Russian
sr | (Latin) Serbian
sv | Swedish
th | Thai
tr | Turkish
zh | simplified Chinese
zh-tw | traditional Chinese
*********/

if($user_lan=='fr') {
## French
$redir_url = "http://www.frenchsponsor.com";

} elseif($user_lan=='es') {
## Spanish
$redir_url = "http://www.spanishsponsor.com";

} elseif($user_lan=='de') {
## German
$redir_url = "http://www.germansponsor.com";

} elseif($user_lan=='it') {
## Italian
$redir_url = "http://www.italiansponsor.com";

} elseif($user_lan=='ar') {
## Other Non-Us Languages
$redir_url = "http://www.othersponsor.com";

## US traffic or Rest of world not defined above
} else {
$redir_url = "http://www.yourmainurl.com";

}

header("Location: $redir_url");
exit;

?>

EXPLAINING THE ABOVE
I listed as many country codes as I could but I left out a few that I couldn't
find. I know UK is not on there but I believe that one to be 'en-uk'...Anyway
basically you can redirect surfers from ANY country to the URL of your choice,
and just let the US surfers through to your webpages.

ecchi · 2005-01-17, 10:14 PM

RE : 'I'm not really looking to geo redirect' Maybe you should look into this, there is a lot of money to be made sending non-English speaking surfers to sponsors who run sites in their language. I used to get a lot of Asian traffic dumped on one of the sites I ran link exchanges with. I started sending it to a sponsor that sold to Japan, China Korea, etc and was making almost as much money from that as I was from the English speaking surfers to that site. Oh, and my method of redirect was simple. Little 80 X 60 buttons with each country's flag on it, the surfer had to click on the flag to go to the sponsor. If I was using something more advanced I would probably have made more money from the Asian traffic than from the English speaking traffic.

CelticTiger · 2005-01-18, 06:15 AM

Thanks for the links DD.
Cleo ~ I'll save that snippet of code for future endeavours.
ecchi ~ I did think about that but I thought I'd use the traffic as a boost to a new tgp and help get trades going etc.

2005-01-17, 08:12 AM	#1
CelticTiger Are you sure this is the Sci-Fi Convention? It's full of nerds! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 266	How do I... How do I setup .htaccess to redirect foreign bandwidth thieves and send them somewhere else? I'm getting pounded by some useless traffic which is eating up some serious bandwidth. Cheers.

2005-01-17, 09:10 AM	#2
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2005-01-17, 08:00 PM	#5
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	I found this in a folder of web clippings that I keep. I haven't tried it myself. It looks like PHP code to me so I would guess that the page needs the php extension. <? $user_lan = $HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE; /**** language code \| language ------------------------------------ ar \| Arabic cs \| Czech da \| Danish de \| German el \| Greek en \| English es \| Spanish fi \| Finnish fr \| French hu \| Hungarian it \| Italian jp \| Japanese nl \| Dutch no \| Norwegian pl \| Polish pt \| Portuguese ro \| Romanian ru \| Russian sr \| (Latin) Serbian sv \| Swedish th \| Thai tr \| Turkish zh \| simplified Chinese zh-tw \| traditional Chinese *****/ if($user_lan=='fr') { ## French $redir_url = "http://www.frenchsponsor.com"; } elseif($user_lan=='es') { ## Spanish $redir_url = "http://www.spanishsponsor.com"; } elseif($user_lan=='de') { ## German $redir_url = "http://www.germansponsor.com"; } elseif($user_lan=='it') { ## Italian $redir_url = "http://www.italiansponsor.com"; } elseif($user_lan=='ar') { ## Other Non-Us Languages $redir_url = "http://www.othersponsor.com"; ## US traffic or Rest of world not defined above } else { $redir_url = "http://www.yourmainurl.com"; } header("Location: $redir_url"); exit; ?> EXPLAINING THE ABOVE I listed as many country codes as I could but I left out a few that I couldn't find. I know UK is not on there but I believe that one to be 'en-uk'...Anyway basically you can redirect surfers from ANY country to the URL of your choice, and just let the US surfers through to your webpages. __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft** Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2005-01-17, 10:32 AM	#3
CelticTiger Are you sure this is the Sci-Fi Convention? It's full of nerds! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 266	Yeah...I saw that already, thanks. I'm not really looking to geo redirect ~ more like banning a domain from sending traffic.

2005-01-17, 10:14 PM	#6
ecchi Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: About to be evicted!!!! Posts: 4,082	RE : 'I'm not really looking to geo redirect' Maybe you should look into this, there is a lot of money to be made sending non-English speaking surfers to sponsors who run sites in their language. I used to get a lot of Asian traffic dumped on one of the sites I ran link exchanges with. I started sending it to a sponsor that sold to Japan, China Korea, etc and was making almost as much money from that as I was from the English speaking surfers to that site. Oh, and my method of redirect was simple. Little 80 X 60 buttons with each country's flag on it, the surfer had to click on the flag to go to the sponsor. If I was using something more advanced I would probably have made more money from the Asian traffic than from the English speaking traffic.

2005-01-18, 06:15 AM	#7
CelticTiger Are you sure this is the Sci-Fi Convention? It's full of nerds! Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ireland Posts: 266	Thanks for the links DD. Cleo ~ I'll save that snippet of code for future endeavours. ecchi ~ I did think about that but I thought I'd use the traffic as a boost to a new tgp and help get trades going etc.