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http · 07-17-2004, 03:40 PM

I guess they put quite a load on the server compared to serving the same pages as static files with Apache.

But how much more? Triple for sure, 10-fold maybe, or even much more?

Anbody can share some figures?

How does it i.e. compare to mod_rewriting with regular expressions which is quite the cpu killer. Geo-IP lookups sure aren't heavier on the CPU than THAT one or?

Also, anyone have seen a negative impact on google spidering and listing caused by Geo_location based redirects for say, a few selected countries in Europe and third world?

I guess google sends all their spiders from within the US, even for the regional google's databases - so there should be no negative impact as google will not even notice or?

What Geo-Location scripts do you recommend?

07-17-2004, 03:40 PM
http Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 1,811	Geo-location scripts and their impact on server load I guess they put quite a load on the server compared to serving the same pages as static files with Apache. But how much more? Triple for sure, 10-fold maybe, or even much more? Anbody can share some figures? How does it i.e. compare to mod_rewriting with regular expressions which is quite the cpu killer. Geo-IP lookups sure aren't heavier on the CPU than THAT one or? Also, anyone have seen a negative impact on google spidering and listing caused by Geo_location based redirects for say, a few selected countries in Europe and third world? I guess google sends all their spiders from within the US, even for the regional google's databases - so there should be no negative impact as google will not even notice or? What Geo-Location scripts do you recommend?