When I checked my website statistics for the past few days, I notice I'm getting a lot of hits from forums and blogs. Practically every one is for the same reason: They just can't seem to get enough of the Hilary Duff/Batboy image. Now, I'm okay with small blogs and such using an image just for effect, but there are cases where the bandwidth (and credit) jacking just gets to be absurd.
There are also cases where they try to steal the image and fail, and it ends up being a little comical.
I'm wondering how I should deal with these menaces. Is replacing the image with a self-promoting one enough? I know that if I did that, different people would just steal the image again.
There's no solution, is there?
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Bandwidth theft how much is too much?
#2
Posted 09 July 2004 - 06:34 PM
Sure there is... you can prevent hotlinking. How is your site hosted? Do you know what type of server software it is running? Do you have a contact you could talk to about this?
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#3
Posted 10 July 2004 - 01:50 PM
All I know is that it's hosted on Unix, and I'm not even sure about that. I'll go check.
I could probably talk to the tech support people about setting up an anti-thief image like this one, but wouldn't that cause problems when I try to post an image on an external site like this one?
I could probably talk to the tech support people about setting up an anti-thief image like this one, but wouldn't that cause problems when I try to post an image on an external site like this one?
#4
Posted 10 July 2004 - 03:12 PM
Yes it would cause that problem. I guess you just have to ask yourself how valuable the bandwidth is to you. Is it costing you anyhing or are you just annoyed that people are hotlinking? It is annoying.
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#6
Posted 12 July 2004 - 03:28 PM
Well what I mean to ask is are you getting free hosting or are you paying someone?
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#8
Posted 14 July 2004 - 04:11 PM
You should move your site over to our server (the LNE server). It would be cheap AND you would be chummy with the tech support.
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#9
Posted 14 July 2004 - 07:50 PM
QUOTE (Chefelf @ Jul 14 2004, 09:11 PM)
You should move your site over to our server (the LNE server). It would be cheap AND you would be chummy with the tech support.
Great! Is it okay if I email you about in December, when I've come close to milking all the server-y goodness I've paid for out my my old server?
#10
Posted 15 July 2004 - 03:23 PM
You can email me any time you'd like.
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