Comments on: The brands are listening to the bloggers http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/ Complexifying simplicity Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:45:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Norm http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-17665 Norm Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:05:01 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-17665 Like one of the other posters indicated, Stentor National is an Internet Service Provider. Bell Aliant FibreOp also shows under this provider in IP lookups. A few of them may be zombies running crawlers, but in all actuality, there's a pretty good chance it just indicates that people are reading the blogs you're writing. From the above post: NetRange: 142.166.0.0 - 142.166.255.255 CIDR: 142.166.0.0/16 NetName: ALIANT-TEL-142-166 The NetName Even has Aliant right in it :P Like one of the other posters indicated, Stentor National is an Internet Service Provider. Bell Aliant FibreOp also shows under this provider in IP lookups. A few of them may be zombies running crawlers, but in all actuality, there’s a pretty good chance it just indicates that people are reading the blogs you’re writing. From the above post:

NetRange: 142.166.0.0 – 142.166.255.255
CIDR: 142.166.0.0/16
NetName: ALIANT-TEL-142-166

The NetName Even has Aliant right in it :P

]]> By: Hi http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-17662 Hi Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:35:02 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-17662 I had recent similar activity, and after having analyzed the landing pages they seemed to be interested in Ron Paul, and or the Federal Reserve. I had recent similar activity, and after having analyzed the landing pages they seemed to be interested in Ron Paul, and or the Federal Reserve.

]]> By: Mike http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-17651 Mike Fri, 06 May 2011 18:03:52 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-17651 Interesting! I have read this page and all the comments. My site at http://ProblemSolverXYZ.com was just visited by this bot. It's not the first time. What makes this interesting is when you start adding things up collectively. The only items that they scanned on our site is political or governmental posts/comments. So, does this mean, the US Government or political groups are using this company? It would be local to say that not only companies are using this technology. I just thought it was interesting to point out. The bot is specially interested in our post about the death of Osama Bin Laden. Have a great day! Webmaster ProblemSolverXYZ.com Interesting! I have read this page and all the comments. My site at http://ProblemSolverXYZ.com was just visited by this bot. It’s not the first time. What makes this interesting is when you start adding things up collectively.

The only items that they scanned on our site is political or governmental posts/comments. So, does this mean, the US Government or political groups are using this company? It would be local to say that not only companies are using this technology.

I just thought it was interesting to point out. The bot is specially interested in our post about the death of Osama Bin Laden.

Have a great day!

Webmaster
ProblemSolverXYZ.com

]]> By: Matt http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-17322 Matt Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:30:50 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-17322 Great read, thanks for posting this! I've seen Stentor in my logs as well and was wondering, appreciate the clarity. Cheers. Great read, thanks for posting this! I’ve seen Stentor in my logs as well and was wondering, appreciate the clarity. Cheers.

]]> By: katharine http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-17153 katharine Thu, 20 May 2010 15:10:25 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-17153 I built my dad a small website that gave information about a software product he designed. I had put one backlink to it and they crawled my site. No one else has ever been to the site b/c it has been up for two days. Great Post! Thank you! I built my dad a small website that gave information about a software product he designed. I had put one backlink to it and they crawled my site. No one else has ever been to the site b/c it has been up for two days. Great Post! Thank you!

]]> By: Matt http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-17144 Matt Sat, 01 May 2010 12:45:32 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-17144 I was recently monitoring traffic on my site, and as I watched Facebook completely spam me with crawls, I noticed Stentnor crawling. Having never really seen them before, I Googled, and well, here I am. The interesting thing is that the page they were on wasn't mentioning a product - it didn't even have any words, really. It was an infographic I did about Back to the Future (http://scarform.com/blog/2010/04/28/back-to-the-future/). I guess the title itself could have been taken as a "product" title... Anyway, thanks for the info. I was recently monitoring traffic on my site, and as I watched Facebook completely spam me with crawls, I noticed Stentnor crawling. Having never really seen them before, I Googled, and well, here I am.

The interesting thing is that the page they were on wasn’t mentioning a product – it didn’t even have any words, really. It was an infographic I did about Back to the Future (http://scarform.com/blog/2010/04/28/back-to-the-future/). I guess the title itself could have been taken as a “product” title…

Anyway, thanks for the info.

]]> By: Shane Deakin http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-16953 Shane Deakin Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:44:43 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-16953 Noticed this too today after posting a review about the Sony Ericsson w595. Thought it was harmless, but decided to check exactly where it had come from. Glad I'm using the Wordpress plug-in to see who's online now :p Noticed this too today after posting a review about the Sony Ericsson w595. Thought it was harmless, but decided to check exactly where it had come from. Glad I’m using the Wordpress plug-in to see who’s online now :p

]]> By: Echo Dawn http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-16795 Echo Dawn Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:23:05 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-16795 Sort of funny. We are basically following each other around in circles trying to figure out who is dropping in to read what we write. Gotta love the net! Sort of funny. We are basically following each other around in circles trying to figure out who is dropping in to read what we write. Gotta love the net!

]]> By: Trever http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-15042 Trever Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:08:21 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-15042 Stentor is the umbrella national network backbone for the various landline telco internet ventures. In western Canada that means Telus. Just FYI. Stentor is the umbrella national network backbone for the various landline telco internet ventures. In western Canada that means Telus. Just FYI.

]]> By: Jason R http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-13540 Jason R Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:38:01 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-13540 The address: 1 Brunswick Square Saint John, NB This is one of 3 main communication units of Bell-Aliant, the main telecommunications provider for Atlantic Canada. The other two are in Halifax, NS and St. John's, Nfld. I have toured this facility and was most impressed at the size and breadth of operations there. They have literally hundreds of server cabinets. Some are their own, some are of their clients. When I was working for one of their clients, the name 'Stentor' referred to (800) phone numbers which we leased from Bell-Aliant. The address:
1 Brunswick Square
Saint John, NB

This is one of 3 main communication units of Bell-Aliant, the main telecommunications provider for Atlantic Canada. The other two are in Halifax, NS and St. John’s, Nfld. I have toured this facility and was most impressed at the size and breadth of operations there. They have literally hundreds of server cabinets. Some are their own, some are of their clients. When I was working for one of their clients, the name ‘Stentor’ referred to (800) phone numbers which we leased from Bell-Aliant.

]]> By: Daria http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-12309 Daria Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:27:53 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-12309 Thanks for this article. Stentor National Integrated Communications Network is in the process of really looking around my blog after Googling a name of a movie character I had written about! I thought it might be a fan bored at work, but perhaps there's something more to this. At least it's not malicious...I hope! Thanks for this article. Stentor National Integrated Communications Network is in the process of really looking around my blog after Googling a name of a movie character I had written about! I thought it might be a fan bored at work, but perhaps there’s something more to this. At least it’s not malicious…I hope!

]]> By: Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-9970 Simon Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:05:39 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-9970 Thanks for the info Rob. Thanks for the info Rob.

]]> By: Rob http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-9954 Rob Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:06:40 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-9954 Stentor National Integrated Communications Network is Bell Aliant (www.aliant.net), DSL/dialup provider in Atlantic Canada... well, at least dial-up resolves to Stentor National Integrated Communications Network. I think their DSL actually says Aliant now... my IP now is 142.163.xxx.xxx and i'm on a home residential Aliant connection in NL. Stentor National Integrated Communications Network is Bell Aliant (www.aliant.net), DSL/dialup provider in Atlantic Canada… well, at least dial-up resolves to Stentor National Integrated Communications Network. I think their DSL actually says Aliant now… my IP now is 142.163.xxx.xxx and i’m on a home residential Aliant connection in NL.

]]> By: DiamondTiger http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-4853 DiamondTiger Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:11:35 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-4853 Thanks for explaining what this comment reader is. You may find this of interest - this is the post that they are checking numerous times a day since last friday. Do not think this is fluff piece because of the title. Enjoy! http://logisticsmonster.com/2009/02/13/happy-friday-the-13th/ Thanks for explaining what this comment reader is. You may find this of interest – this is the post that they are checking numerous times a day since last friday. Do not think this is fluff piece because of the title. Enjoy!

http://logisticsmonster.com/2009/02/13/happy-friday-the-13th/

]]> By: repliderium.com http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 repliderium.com Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:57:24 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-2777 Interesting..... I googled to see who the hell was surfing my site and why and I came upon this site. Thanks for clearing it up for me & quite frankly, it makes perfect sense. Interesting….. I googled to see who the hell was surfing my site and why and I came upon this site. Thanks for clearing it up for me & quite frankly, it makes perfect sense.

]]> By: Steam http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-2621 Steam Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:19:58 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-2621 Just found your page after checking an ip from Stentor National Integrated Communications Network, To be honest at first look at that name its looks very dodgy like oh -_- someone importants reading my blog and possably might not like it? lol or FBI or something irritable, Not that im in that business of causeing that much trouble!. I am supprised they found me I have only had wordpress up a few days lol But thank you for clearing up by posting this and cleared up my worrys Regards FurPortal Editor Steam Just found your page after checking an ip from Stentor National Integrated Communications Network, To be honest at first look at that name its looks very dodgy like oh -_- someone importants reading my blog and possably might not like it? lol or FBI or something irritable, Not that im in that business of causeing that much trouble!.

I am supprised they found me I have only had wordpress up a few days lol

But thank you for clearing up by posting this and cleared up my worrys

Regards
FurPortal Editor
Steam

]]> By: Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1973 Simon Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:07:56 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-1973 A robot following links sounds distinctly possible ;-) Good luck with your sites. A robot following links sounds distinctly possible ;-) Good luck with your sites.

]]> By: Paul http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1904 Paul Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:29:18 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-1904 Hello, Just this morning while checking my log files Found an IP address that takes me to the site you are talking about. My question is, can this robot jump links? It first hit my site www.sellmyinventory.com and then it jumped over to my other site www.searchtheentirecraigslist.com. There are links on each site to the other. I await your response. Thanks, Paul Hello,
Just this morning while checking my log files Found an IP address that takes me to the site you are talking about. My question is, can this robot jump links? It first hit my site http://www.sellmyinventory.com and then it jumped over to my other site http://www.searchtheentirecraigslist.com. There are links on each site to the other. I await your response.

Thanks,
Paul

]]> By: Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1818 Simon Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:09:24 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-1818 Hi Tie-Guy, Nice ties -- they look pretty unique and amazingly colourful -- just the thing to brighten up any drab suit :) Hi Tie-Guy,

Nice ties — they look pretty unique and amazingly colourful — just the thing to brighten up any drab suit :)

]]> By: tie-guy http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1759 tie-guy Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:29:59 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-1759 Thank you for that great reading I thought i was being hacked and was key scrambling and password changing and ip blocking like crazy well i see they like my stuff so i'll give them something to help push my custom silk neckties using bird feather images damb who would have thought a big brand would be looking at me a small time company well maybe i'll be getting bigger soon or they just want to steal my ideas most likely steal my ideas tie-guy Thank you for that great reading

I thought i was being hacked and was key scrambling and password changing and ip blocking like crazy

well i see they like my stuff so i’ll give them something to help push my custom silk neckties

using bird feather images

damb who would have thought a big brand would be looking at me a small time company

well maybe i’ll be getting bigger soon or they just want to steal my ideas

most likely steal my ideas

tie-guy

]]> By: Simon http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1351 Simon Wed, 28 May 2008 22:49:13 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-1351 @Mean Dean: You're right -- the crawler should respect the contents of your robots.txt file, shame on them if they don't. @Mean Dean: You’re right — the crawler should respect the contents of your robots.txt file, shame on them if they don’t.

]]> By: Mean Dean http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-1349 Mean Dean Wed, 28 May 2008 14:47:43 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-1349 Sorry ... but I'm going to block any bot that doesn't adhere to the robots exclusion standard. For example, why can/should I have to contact R6_ via email when I've already got a universal disallow on one of my websites they're hammering? Sorry … but I’m going to block any bot that doesn’t adhere to the robots exclusion standard.

For example, why can/should I have to contact R6_ via email when I’ve already got a universal disallow on one of my websites they’re hammering?

]]> By: Laurence Vanhelsuwe http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Laurence Vanhelsuwe Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:32:33 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-702 What a Big Brother world. At least the birds are still playing outside in the sun.. (on Malta they're often not so lucky). What a Big Brother world. At least the birds are still playing outside in the sun.. (on Malta they’re often not so lucky).

]]> By: Larry Overton http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-671 Larry Overton Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:06:28 +0000 http://breden.org.uk/2008/01/06/the-brands-are-listening-to-the-bloggers/#comment-671 After publishing my own blog this morning and not a blog type person to begin with, I had noticed in a few hours I had a subscriber. It turned out to be this radian6 crawler. putting that in Google I ran across your article. Thanks, it explains allot! Now I know how to get a companies attention. Larry B. Overton Cold Sweat-Chicago LLC http://www.coldsweat-chicago.com After publishing my own blog this morning and not a blog type person to begin with, I had noticed in a few hours I had a subscriber. It turned out to be this radian6 crawler. putting that in Google I ran across your article. Thanks, it explains allot! Now I know how to get a companies attention.

Larry B. Overton
Cold Sweat-Chicago LLC
http://www.coldsweat-chicago.com

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