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Why We Are Here => Traffic => Topic started by: Rupert on June 24, 2016, 05:36:42 PM

Title: Mark Mustermann... spammer? or Google employee?
Post by: Rupert on June 24, 2016, 05:36:42 PM
https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/QY6eKPxtHM4

I have been getting hit too now.  on 3 occasions, each with about 15 baskets.



104.132.20.87

IP Information for 104.132.20.87
Quick Stats
IP Location India India Hyderabad Google Incorporated
ASN India AS15169 GOOGLE - Google Inc., US (registered Mar 30, 2000)
Whois Server whois.arin.net
IP Address 104.132.20.87

anyone else experience? I was getting fed up, and was going to ban the ip...  glad I didn't. I think.
Title: Re: Mark Mustermann... spammer? or Google employee?
Post by: Rupert on June 24, 2016, 05:39:05 PM
<Thinks>
something to do with some google shopping feed issues... they might be testing </thinks>
Title: Re: Mark Mustermann... spammer? or Google employee?
Post by: burty1109 on August 07, 2017, 11:17:30 PM
Mark Mustermann - - mysterious customer who was registering accounts on our website - regularly, like 30 accounts over a year period.  We thought is was some hacker, so we banned the IP address 104.x.x.x

3 months later our Google Merchant shopping feed was stopped, generic landing pages. - why?  it was working perfectly for us.

With 4 days and calls to Google, we were told that there are banned IP addresses, 404 error..  We only had 1 range of IP addresses banned, 104.x.x.x
Google was unable to access our website to test, so while on the phone I removed the ban of IP address 104.x.x.x ---> 2 hours later 10 accounts were created by Mark Mustermann.

I have no doubt, Mark Mustermann is a google-bot or google employee testing your website.

They create strict rules for us to follow, however spam our website, setting up multiple accounts and abandoned carts.  Seems there is one rule for them and different rules for us..  Not happy.

Title: Re: Mark Mustermann... spammer? or Google employee?
Post by: Rumbas on August 08, 2017, 06:46:29 AM
Hmm, will tell the team to look out for an account with that name.
Title: Re: Mark Mustermann... spammer? or Google employee?
Post by: Rupert on August 08, 2017, 07:28:41 AM
Just had another 11 accounts created last night.  so Mark is active again for me, after what i thought was an auto email from google saying my prices do not match....they should, so we are investigating.
Title: Re: Mark Mustermann... spammer? or Google employee?
Post by: Rupert on August 08, 2017, 07:53:28 AM
And burty1109, where are my maners :)

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