Banned by Alexa?

[Duke]

Unblock your IP Address
We're sorry but you do not have permission to access http://alexa.com/. Your IP
address, 66.249.66.205, has been blocked due to a possible violation of our ...
alexa.com/

Even though that isn't my IP address, I still find it odd I can't access the site. Not a big deal but I am curious as to what I could have possibly done to deserve a ban. I wonder if I'm a victim of a range of IP bans.

 

[temi]

Interesting Duke,
I wonder what one could possibly violate at alea.com

 

[Duke]

I have no idea but I am locked out for some strange reason. It's not a browser problem either as I can't access it from home no matter what I use.

I don't really care but it is strange.

 

[PrivateInvestigator]

hosting providers can share out IP addresses amoungst their customers, so perhaps the past person to use it was banned?

 

[Duke]

Well it must be a range of IP's banned because the IP listed isn't mine but I'm still not allowed access.

 

[stealthhosts]

its a google IP address used by their crawl bot, you couldnt even be on the same netblock.

Must be a screw up at their end.

-----------------------
Name: crawl-66-249-66-205.googlebot.com
IP Address: 66.249.66.205
Location: Sunnyvale (37.417N, 122.061W)
Network: GOOGLE
OrgName: Google Inc.
OrgID: GOGL
Address: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
City: Mountain View
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 94043
Country: US

NetRange: 66.249.64.0 - 66.249.95.255
CIDR: 66.249.64.0/19
NetName: GOOGLE
NetHandle: NET-66-249-64-0-1
Parent: NET-66-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS1.GOOGLE.COM
NameServer: NS2.GOOGLE.COM
Comment:
RegDate: 2004-03-05
Updated: 2004-11-10

OrgTechHandle: ZG39-ARIN
OrgTechName: Google Inc.
OrgTechPhone: +1-650-318-0200
OrgTechEmail: arin-contact@google.com

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Have you got the google toolbar installed with any bells and whistles running? If yes, then that might well be it, as the toolbar does some real sneaky stuff .

 

[Duke]

I have PR and a few other thing enabled but it used to work just fine. I've made no changes to the toolbar since installing it, or at least none that I'm aware of.

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Deending on the way you signed up the google tb autoupdates. try removing it (or turning it off) and revisiting the site. then try visiting from a proxy.

 

[Duke]

I may give that a try I guess. It's not really a big deal, just kind of interesting.

 

[Paul_KY]

Don't listen to OWG, he's EVIL. He's simply here to stick you in the SEO jungle.

LOL!

 

[Duke]

...and what are you here for

 

[Paul_KY]

I'm here also for pure evil and to help you tangle yourself in the SEO cobwebs...

 

[OldWelshGuy]

Alexa is smelly pants anyway (pants as in Uk pants being underwear )

 

[Duke]

Trust me Paul, I'm all spread eagled waiting for the spider to come and eat me.

 

[stealthhosts]

get a room!