Comments on: Gbrowser Redux http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/ Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ChrisJ http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-8683 ChrisJ Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:38:51 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/#comment-8683 It seems not likely that a <em>"new"</em> Googlebot would be version 2.0, as Google's crawler version has been 2.1 for months (I started logging UAs in february 2005, and then Googlebot version was already 2.1). It seems not likely that a “new” Googlebot would be version 2.0, as Google’s crawler version has been 2.1 for months (I started logging UAs in february 2005, and then Googlebot version was already 2.1).

]]> By: David Hammond http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-8674 David Hammond Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:03:02 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/#comment-8674 Okay, here's yet another correction (sorry). There was only one instance of the above user agent string ever hitting my site, and it very much appears like an actual person, not a bot. The first page hit has a Google search results page as the referrer, regular stuff was requested as Firefox or Mozilla would do, and two images from the default stylesheet were requested, and then nothing. Seems like someone who just clicked a Google result and quickly hit the back button. Perhaps he/she is using a modified user agent string in hopes of getting around some types of website filters (referrer filters for images, possibly some subscription services, etc.) My logs don't show any requests for CSS/JS files from previously known Googlebot user agents. Okay, here’s yet another correction (sorry). There was only one instance of the above user agent string ever hitting my site, and it very much appears like an actual person, not a bot. The first page hit has a Google search results page as the referrer, regular stuff was requested as Firefox or Mozilla would do, and two images from the default stylesheet were requested, and then nothing. Seems like someone who just clicked a Google result and quickly hit the back button. Perhaps he/she is using a modified user agent string in hopes of getting around some types of website filters (referrer filters for images, possibly some subscription services, etc.)

My logs don’t show any requests for CSS/JS files from previously known Googlebot user agents.

]]> By: David Hammond http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-8672 David Hammond Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:48:46 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/#comment-8672 Correction: there seems to be a new user agent that is slightly different: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Googlebot 2.1 This is the one that is downloading the CSS and JS files, and it is also downloading <em>some</em> of the images in the stylesheets (so far, it has downloaded from my site one list-style-image from the default stylesheet and one background-image from the default stylesheet). Correction: there seems to be a new user agent that is slightly different:

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060111 Googlebot 2.1

This is the one that is downloading the CSS and JS files, and it is also downloading some of the images in the stylesheets (so far, it has downloaded from my site one list-style-image from the default stylesheet and one background-image from the default stylesheet).

]]> By: David Hammond http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-8671 David Hammond Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:43:07 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2006/02/23/gbrowser-redux/#comment-8671 The user agent string is nothing new. I <a href="http://nanobox.chipx86.com/blog/2004/09/new-googlebot.php" rel="nofollow">blogged about it</a> back in 2004. I can confirm that Googlebot is now downloading CSS and JS files. It seems to do so very sparingly (on my site, only once in the last few weeks). Alternate stylesheets are being downloaded as well. The user agent string is nothing new. I blogged about it back in 2004.

I can confirm that Googlebot is now downloading CSS and JS files. It seems to do so very sparingly (on my site, only once in the last few weeks). Alternate stylesheets are being downloaded as well.

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