FunWebProducts - What is it?

[johnn]

Hi,

I looked in my log - there's a user agent called FunWebProducts - What is it? - Should I ban it?

Thanks,
John

[Chris]

I have no idea. How many pages did it view, how fast? If it behaved like a normal user I wouldn't ban it.

[johnn]

Thanks. It visits my site about 25 to about 100 pageviews a day, not fast, spreading out the whole day, probably friendly one, then I leave it alone.

[Chris]

Sometimes companies spoof user_agent info as a way to advertise to webmasters -- this could be that.

http://www.funwebproducts.com/

A very new company (so new that this thread is ranked higher than them when you search for their name in google).

It looks like they have some downloadable programs, like a popup blocker (maybe spyware -- who knows). Perhaps when this program is installed it makes a person's user_agent change as a marketing tool.

[Mike]

They keep visiting my site, don't know what they're doing really. Should I just leave it?

[Mike]

Actually, I found this:

http://www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/web/2003/1208web2.html

Looks like they're just what you said Chris.