IP Blocking

whatever · #1 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 10:54 PM

I have an Australian web site that is being visited by visitors from other countries. Overseas visitors are of no use as all sales are retail through a fancy dress/costume store. Visitors from the USA make up about 70% of my bandwidth which is a waste of 10GB.
I know I can block IPs by country (htaccess) but this will also block search engine spiders and bots.
My questions are: Is there a better way of blocking overseas visitors and still allow search engine access? Or, how can I identify IPs search engine bots and spiders and allow them in my htaccess file? Thank you.

incrediblehelp · #2 (**permalink**) 06-04-2008, 01:35 AM

Have you tried the geo-targeting in Google Webmaster Tools?

whatever · #3 (**permalink**) 06-04-2008, 04:55 AM

Thank you. I will give it a try.

Tech Manager · #4 (**permalink**) 06-04-2008, 07:07 PM

You could also just as easily setup an .htaccess list to only allow Australian IP Blocks.

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