Blocking countries by IP address

[NKYKev]

What are the best ways to block access to a site from countries with undesirable traffic? I know there are commercial lists with listings of IP ranges by country; does anyone use them, and which is the best?

[fxprophet]

A good article from Web Hosting talk was written on this

webhostingtalk.com/archive/thread/327502-1.html

[Juilan]

why block? why not redirect to a lightweight page that feeds toplists, or redirect to a sponsor that has sites in there language & billing manners?

[NKYKev]

A good article from Web Hosting talk was written on this

webhostingtalk.com/archive/thread/327502-1.html

Thank you very much for the help; that was excellent.

[twan]

A good article from Web Hosting talk was written on this

webhostingtalk.com/archive/thread/327502-1.html

Thanks!
That is a great tip.

[u-Bob]

A good article from Web Hosting talk was written on this

webhostingtalk.com/archive/thread/327502-1.html

posting links to other boards = against the rules.

[sfera]

thats discrimination!

[u-Bob]

thats discrimination!

yep

[Sofa King]

why block? why not redirect to a lightweight page that feeds toplists, or redirect to a sponsor that has sites in there language & billing manners?

I agree unless there is a compeling reason to totally block access it does make sense to utilize that traffic for what its worth (albeit not much)