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- Mr-Paulio
- Area Coordinator - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 1284
- Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2014 6:48 am
- Stomping Ground: Auckland
- Prime Mover: AW11
- First name: Paul
Re: Webmaster's Blog
This is a funny one? Any ideas?
'89 AW11 V6 Turbo (350BHP & 380Ft/lbs!) 
'86 AW11 20V (Sold)
'91 SW20 Turbo "BlackRat" #RatRodStyle (Sold)
'91 SW20 Turbo (Sold)
South Auckland Area Coordinator

'86 AW11 20V (Sold)

'91 SW20 Turbo "BlackRat" #RatRodStyle (Sold)

'91 SW20 Turbo (Sold)

South Auckland Area Coordinator
- ClanFever
- Executive Officer - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 2197
- Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:25 pm
- Stomping Ground: Wellington
- Prime Mover: SW20
- First name: Olaf
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
Does it go away after a cached refresh?
Ex-President & Wellington Area Coordinator & Lower North MR2 Leader
Current: 1992 Toyota MR2 G-Limited with Gen 4 3S-GTE + CT20B (APEXED), 2005 Toyota IST, 2008 Toyota Vanguard - 2GR!
Past: 1990 Toyota MR2 G-Limited, "Semi Parts Car" 1991 Toyota MR2 G-Limited, '91 G-Limited, '89 G-Limited, '91 NZ New MR2, '91 G-Limited, '91 GT (Parts Car), '99 Altezza 3SGE, '98 Altezza 1GFE, '88 Corolla, '96 Curren, '94 Ceres Corolla, '94 Levin, '90 Hiace Super Custom 4x4, '91 Mirage, '93 MX-6 J-Spec, '91 Familia, '91 Galant, '90 Navara, '96 Commodore, '94 Pajero, '89 Lancer, '93 Pajero, '92 Pajero, '89 Mirage, '92 Terrano, '87 Familia, '03 Colt, '91 Pajero, '91 Pajero, '97 Carib, '96 Carina, '02 Turbo Forester
Current: 1992 Toyota MR2 G-Limited with Gen 4 3S-GTE + CT20B (APEXED), 2005 Toyota IST, 2008 Toyota Vanguard - 2GR!
Past: 1990 Toyota MR2 G-Limited, "Semi Parts Car" 1991 Toyota MR2 G-Limited, '91 G-Limited, '89 G-Limited, '91 NZ New MR2, '91 G-Limited, '91 GT (Parts Car), '99 Altezza 3SGE, '98 Altezza 1GFE, '88 Corolla, '96 Curren, '94 Ceres Corolla, '94 Levin, '90 Hiace Super Custom 4x4, '91 Mirage, '93 MX-6 J-Spec, '91 Familia, '91 Galant, '90 Navara, '96 Commodore, '94 Pajero, '89 Lancer, '93 Pajero, '92 Pajero, '89 Mirage, '92 Terrano, '87 Familia, '03 Colt, '91 Pajero, '91 Pajero, '97 Carib, '96 Carina, '02 Turbo Forester
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- Site Admin - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 1174
- Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:17 am
- Stomping Ground: Auckland
- Prime Mover: More than one MR2
- First name: Michael
- Contact:
Re: Webmaster's Blog
Interesting. Probably an out of date spam black list. I'll take a look
- Mr-Paulio
- Area Coordinator - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 1284
- Joined: Sat Sep 06, 2014 6:48 am
- Stomping Ground: Auckland
- Prime Mover: AW11
- First name: Paul
Re: Webmaster's Blog
Dunno, same thing on all my devices on multiple topics when on WiFi. Worked fine on phone data. Only seems to affect this website.ClanFever wrote:Does it go away after a cached refresh?
'89 AW11 V6 Turbo (350BHP & 380Ft/lbs!) 
'86 AW11 20V (Sold)
'91 SW20 Turbo "BlackRat" #RatRodStyle (Sold)
'91 SW20 Turbo (Sold)
South Auckland Area Coordinator

'86 AW11 20V (Sold)

'91 SW20 Turbo "BlackRat" #RatRodStyle (Sold)

'91 SW20 Turbo (Sold)

South Auckland Area Coordinator
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- Site Admin - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 1174
- Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:17 am
- Stomping Ground: Auckland
- Prime Mover: More than one MR2
- First name: Michael
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
Should be fixed nowMr-Paulio wrote:Dunno, same thing on all my devices on multiple topics when on WiFi. Worked fine on phone data. Only seems to affect this website.ClanFever wrote:Does it go away after a cached refresh?
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- Site Admin - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 1174
- Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:17 am
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
I've texted and emailed the owner of mr2.co.nz becuase we're in conflict for mr2.nz , we'll see what happens
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- Site Admin - MR2OCNZ
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- Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:17 am
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
Rolled out a minor forum update
- GDII
- Forum Moderator - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 5453
- Joined: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:13 pm
- Stomping Ground: Wellington
- Prime Mover: SW20
- First name: Phill
Re: Webmaster's Blog
Looks a bit nicer and things have been fixed. ie the MR2OCNZ logo image is actually in place now. Thanks!
1990 SW20 MR2 G-Limited (GEN4 3SGTE swap early stages)
2000 AE111R Corolla Wagon NZ New Daily
1996 AE101R Corolla Sprint NZ New Selling Soon
1990 EP81 Starlet XL (Sold)
1990 EE90 Corolla XL (Sold)
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sw20glimited/
2000 AE111R Corolla Wagon NZ New Daily
1996 AE101R Corolla Sprint NZ New Selling Soon
1990 EP81 Starlet XL (Sold)
1990 EE90 Corolla XL (Sold)
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sw20glimited/
- ClanFever
- Executive Officer - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 2197
- Joined: Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:25 pm
- Stomping Ground: Wellington
- Prime Mover: SW20
- First name: Olaf
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
Yeah I love the refinements, they look quite smart
Ex-President & Wellington Area Coordinator & Lower North MR2 Leader
Current: 1992 Toyota MR2 G-Limited with Gen 4 3S-GTE + CT20B (APEXED), 2005 Toyota IST, 2008 Toyota Vanguard - 2GR!
Past: 1990 Toyota MR2 G-Limited, "Semi Parts Car" 1991 Toyota MR2 G-Limited, '91 G-Limited, '89 G-Limited, '91 NZ New MR2, '91 G-Limited, '91 GT (Parts Car), '99 Altezza 3SGE, '98 Altezza 1GFE, '88 Corolla, '96 Curren, '94 Ceres Corolla, '94 Levin, '90 Hiace Super Custom 4x4, '91 Mirage, '93 MX-6 J-Spec, '91 Familia, '91 Galant, '90 Navara, '96 Commodore, '94 Pajero, '89 Lancer, '93 Pajero, '92 Pajero, '89 Mirage, '92 Terrano, '87 Familia, '03 Colt, '91 Pajero, '91 Pajero, '97 Carib, '96 Carina, '02 Turbo Forester
Current: 1992 Toyota MR2 G-Limited with Gen 4 3S-GTE + CT20B (APEXED), 2005 Toyota IST, 2008 Toyota Vanguard - 2GR!
Past: 1990 Toyota MR2 G-Limited, "Semi Parts Car" 1991 Toyota MR2 G-Limited, '91 G-Limited, '89 G-Limited, '91 NZ New MR2, '91 G-Limited, '91 GT (Parts Car), '99 Altezza 3SGE, '98 Altezza 1GFE, '88 Corolla, '96 Curren, '94 Ceres Corolla, '94 Levin, '90 Hiace Super Custom 4x4, '91 Mirage, '93 MX-6 J-Spec, '91 Familia, '91 Galant, '90 Navara, '96 Commodore, '94 Pajero, '89 Lancer, '93 Pajero, '92 Pajero, '89 Mirage, '92 Terrano, '87 Familia, '03 Colt, '91 Pajero, '91 Pajero, '97 Carib, '96 Carina, '02 Turbo Forester
- Curly
- Life Member - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 678
- Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:09 pm
- Stomping Ground: Otago
- Prime Mover: Looking for an MR2
- First name: Pam
Re: Webmaster's Blog
Should the format of the poll be changed? Folk may have voted previously and since changed their mind but unable to register that change of mind.
Pamela Harris
Secretary 2009-2014
Otago Area Coordinator 2005-2009
Standin AC from 2016 to 2019
LIFE MEMBER from 2014
2000 Toyota ZZW30
Secretary 2009-2014
Otago Area Coordinator 2005-2009
Standin AC from 2016 to 2019
LIFE MEMBER from 2014
2000 Toyota ZZW30
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- Site Admin - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 1174
- Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:17 am
- Stomping Ground: Auckland
- Prime Mover: More than one MR2
- First name: Michael
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
The poll is at least old enough that I voted for it

- Curly
- Life Member - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 678
- Joined: Tue Oct 05, 2004 11:09 pm
- Stomping Ground: Otago
- Prime Mover: Looking for an MR2
- First name: Pam
Re: Webmaster's Blog
Me too. Many years ago
Pamela Harris
Secretary 2009-2014
Otago Area Coordinator 2005-2009
Standin AC from 2016 to 2019
LIFE MEMBER from 2014
2000 Toyota ZZW30
Secretary 2009-2014
Otago Area Coordinator 2005-2009
Standin AC from 2016 to 2019
LIFE MEMBER from 2014
2000 Toyota ZZW30
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- Site Admin - MR2OCNZ
- Posts: 1174
- Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:17 am
- Stomping Ground: Auckland
- Prime Mover: More than one MR2
- First name: Michael
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
Went down from 6am till now (12:30). Looks like something hammered the server. Will investigate. I woke up and saw an email that a healthcheck had failed
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- Site Admin - MR2OCNZ
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- Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:17 am
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
As suspected it was a search engine crawler; specifically Bing (msnbot) and Huawei's beta search engine (AspiegelBot) and Ahrefs (AhrefsBot) and SEMrush (SemrushBot) and finally the least intrusive of all Google (Googlebot). So it's quite understandable why the poor DB crashed (looks like no data loss, just application got killed by the kernel).
The frustrating thing is a lot of these bots kept going despite the 503s for quite a while.
I'll limit Bing and Google's crawl rate. I'll block the rest, they have no need to index us
The frustrating thing is a lot of these bots kept going despite the 503s for quite a while.
I'll limit Bing and Google's crawl rate. I'll block the rest, they have no need to index us
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- Site Admin - MR2OCNZ
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- Joined: Thu Apr 03, 2014 1:17 am
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Re: Webmaster's Blog
So in typical Google fashion, they've automated crawl control and don't give you anything. I'm not that worried about it since it was by far the least intrusive.
I've turned bing's rate way down and to the morning when we have fewer users.
I've given ahrefs, Huawei, semrush, and others the finger since they were hammering and we don't need their services.
I'm going to set up something that monitors the DB, and tries to start it again
I've turned bing's rate way down and to the morning when we have fewer users.
I've given ahrefs, Huawei, semrush, and others the finger since they were hammering and we don't need their services.
I'm going to set up something that monitors the DB, and tries to start it again