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Hello,<br><br>&gt; Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 06:36:24 -0500<br>&gt; To: nginx@nginx.org<br>&gt; From: nginx-forum@nginx.us<br>&gt; Subject: Re: Nginx geoip redirect based on country codes but exclude googlebot<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Hello,<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Just to confirm, your configuration works fine, i have applied it today,<br>&gt; still wondering if it would be better to use refferrer or ip ? Any<br>&gt; suggestions ? Thank you.<br>&gt; <br>&gt; Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,151401,151657#msg-151657<br><br><div>The GoogleBot header can be faked.</div><div>See e.g.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.zhacks.com/2010/05/06/view-restricted-website-by-cloacking-as-googlebot/">http://www.zhacks.com/2010/05/06/view-restricted-website-by-cloacking-as-googlebot/</a></div><div><br></div><div>I'd go for the IP range.</div><div><br></div><div>Hendrik</div>                                               </body>
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