Edit: At Avi‘s suggestion that this wasn’t what I thought it was I looked at the settings and found that this feature is just so you don’t inflate your daily hit count. Here’s the official wording from their site:
“IP Blocking
You can specify your IP Address or a range such as 212.14.23.* or even 212.*.*.* to be blocked. This prevents you or someone from your organisation inflating your count. Put each IP address on a new line with no spaces if you want it blocked. Or empty the box if you want to count all visits.”
Still useful, just not in the way I had hoped. I wasn’t thinking clearly. It’s been a day, as you know already. But, perhaps you find this feature useful so I’ll leave it up.
StatCounter is kind enough to offer a blocking service on any blog or site they help you manage traffic. Here’s the details via email:
Dear Poppy Cede,
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Get your BLOCKs off….
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Well no actually, get your blocks on….because we’ve added another new
feature to StatCounter!
Rather than just blocking individual IP addresses, you can now block a
whole range.
And yes – before you ask – you can block an IP address range across all
your projects now with just one click!
To use this feature simply login to your account.
- Click the ‘wrench’ icon beside one of your projects.
- Click ‘edit settings’.
- Enter the ip addresses and ranges you would like to block.
- If you want to update all projects with this, click the box below it.
That’s it!