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Maija Cirule 
Latvia
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The visitor is from Estonia and I have never had any business with him/her (according to the IP address). I am not scared but, nevertheless, have a bad feeling about this. Dear colleagues, have you ever experienced something like this and what it could mean?
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
| | | | DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 10:27
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| A search engine? | Nov 14, 2014 |
It's highly unlikely that any human is involved. Check your Settings, I think you can filter them out?
| | | | Maija Cirule
Latvia
Local time: 12:27
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TOPIC STARTER | Of course, I can filter them out | Nov 14, 2014 |
DLyons wrote:
It's highly unlikely that any human is involved. Check your Settings, I think you can filter them out?
but within the half-year of my ProZ membership this is the first occurrence. I can't figure out the goal of such behaviour .
| | | | | Can be just about anything | Nov 14, 2014 |
... including an erratic and undecided agency worker with a hands-on approach who likes to have the profiles before his eyes when making decisions. This said, ten times is quite a lot even in that sort of scenario.
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DLyons
Ireland
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| There is no goal. | Nov 14, 2014 |
It's a 'bot blindly searching everyone. It won't bring you any work, but it doesn't do any harm either.
| | | | Maija Cirule
Latvia
Local time: 12:27
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TOPIC STARTER | thank you for calming me down | Nov 14, 2014 |
DLyons wrote:
It's a 'bot blindly searching everyone. It won't bring you any work, but it doesn't do any harm either.
From your lips to God's ears because I have no desire to become a victim of identity theft
| | | | Maija Cirule
Latvia
Local time: 12:27
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TOPIC STARTER | Yes, it's a lot | Nov 14, 2014 |
Łukasz Gos-Furmankiewicz wrote:
... including an erratic and undecided agency worker with a hands-on approach who likes to have the profiles before his eyes when making decisions. This said, ten times is quite a lot even in that sort of scenario.
Moreover, my rates are clearly defined in my profile and, as far as I know, no Estonian (or Latvian, or Lithuanian for that matter) agency is willing to pay 12.50 EUR per page or 0.05 EUR per word or more, that's why I never ever want to work with any of them.
| | | | tietzes (X)
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| identity theft | Nov 14, 2014 |
Identity theft doesn't require ten clicks on your profile. One click suffices.
You have a public profile and you can't do anything against peoples' viewing your profile, as long as you have one. Maybe someone just liked it or found it especially interesting. It might be an aspiring translator as well who wants to learn about the translation business. I used to do this, too (not your profile, mind you).
I never check the visitors of my profile. I actually don't care at... See more Identity theft doesn't require ten clicks on your profile. One click suffices.
You have a public profile and you can't do anything against peoples' viewing your profile, as long as you have one. Maybe someone just liked it or found it especially interesting. It might be an aspiring translator as well who wants to learn about the translation business. I used to do this, too (not your profile, mind you).
I never check the visitors of my profile. I actually don't care at all. ▲ Collapse
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Maija Cirule
Latvia
Local time: 12:27
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TOPIC STARTER
tietzes wrote:
I never check the visitors of my profile. I actually don't care at all.
If I were you, I couldn't care less, too. Unfortunately, I am not in your shoes and, therefore, your instructions are highly appreciated but not practically usable.
| | | | | Same situation | Nov 14, 2014 |
Maija Cirule wrote:
The visitor is from Estonia and I have never had any business with him/her (according to the IP address). I am not scared but, nevertheless, have a bad feeling about this. Dear colleagues, have you ever experienced something like this and what it could mean?
Thanks in advance for your consideration.
Hello Maija,
Same visitor had visited my profile for ten times today. Have no idea what it means. Maybe it is better to adjust google search settings to make sure such things wo't happen again.
Cheers,
Anastasiya
| | | | Maija Cirule
Latvia
Local time: 12:27
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TOPIC STARTER | what is a bot | Nov 15, 2014 |
Anastasiya Kharytonova wrote: Maija Cirule wrote:
The visitor is from Estonia and I have never had any business with him/her (according to the IP address). I am not scared but, nevertheless, have a bad feeling about this. Dear colleagues, have you ever experienced something like this and what it could mean?
Thanks in advance for your consideration. Hello Maija, Same visitor had visited my profile for ten times today. Have no idea what it means. Maybe it is better to adjust google search settings to make sure such things wo't happen again. Cheers, Anastasiya
Hi Anastasiya,
In Techopedia, I found the following explanation: Malicious bots are typically blended threats that come as part virus/worm, part bot and are used in an identity theft...
I don't know if these 10 visits are robot activities or what but I definitely don't like them. By the way, as far as I understand, search engine activities in a profile are counted separately ... In short, a messy encounter. I shall filter this IP address out and see what happens. Meanwhile, I shall Google my name more often to see if some "translator" with the same or similar name has appeared ...
[Edited at 2014-11-15 09:20 GMT]
[Edited at 2014-11-15 16:48 GMT]
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Bots, spiders, and web crawlers are the most common names that I know. They are programs that "read" the internet and populate search results - that is how Google knows what's on a website and then decides to show it to you in your search results.
They are typically harmless and can even be good if you're trying to rank high in a certain search engine, depending on who made the bot.
I'm not sure who it could be in Estonia, the IP address search results could be giving... See more Bots, spiders, and web crawlers are the most common names that I know. They are programs that "read" the internet and populate search results - that is how Google knows what's on a website and then decides to show it to you in your search results.
They are typically harmless and can even be good if you're trying to rank high in a certain search engine, depending on who made the bot.
I'm not sure who it could be in Estonia, the IP address search results could be giving you information from an area much larger than it would appear. Mine says that I'm in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), but it's a 45 minutes drive to St. Louis from where I live. ▲ Collapse
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| Same with me | Nov 15, 2014 |
I would not worry about that. It happens to me every day as well!...
| | | | Maija Cirule
Latvia
Local time: 12:27
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TOPIC STARTER | Why 10 times in a row | Nov 15, 2014 |
Triston Goodwin wrote:
Bots, spiders, and web crawlers are the most common names that I know. They are programs that "read" the internet and populate search results - that is how Google knows what's on a website and then decides to show it to you in your search results.
They are typically harmless and can even be good if you're trying to rank high in a certain search engine, depending on who made the bot.
I'm not sure who it could be in Estonia, the IP address search results could be giving you information from an area much larger than it would appear. Mine says that I'm in St. Louis, Missouri (USA), but it's a 45 minutes drive to St. Louis from where I live.
If this is a robot/crawler, etc., I wonder why nothing like this has ever happened before?
| | | | Maija Cirule
Latvia
Local time: 12:27
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TOPIC STARTER | Better safe than sorry | Nov 15, 2014 |
Andrea Halbritter wrote:
I would not worry about that. It happens to me every day as well!...
Maybe there is no need to worry, nonetheless I don't like this experience.
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