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How to Stop High Server Load from Distributed Botnets, Scrapers, and Database Queue Locks
When a server load spikes to 30, 50, or 100+, most sysadmins panic and start haphazardly restarting services or blocking random IP addresses. However, modern attacks are rarely as simple as a single bad IP.
Today’s botnets use distributed Layer 7 (HTTP) floods, rotating through hundreds of unique IPs with only 1 connection each, exploiting web server application queues, fake WordPress scanners, background AJAX polling scripts, and WordPress admin-ajax.php endpoints that lock up MySQL.
This comprehensive guide covers how to diagnose,
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Posted in Coding, Server Admin & Security
Tagged .htaccess, 127.0.0.1, 403 Forbidden errors, 404 errors, ajax, ajax polling, ajax requests, apache, apache rate limiting, automated system tasks, bingbot, botnets, cache, caching, cpu, cpu load, cron jobs, csf, csf whitelist, CT_BLOCK_TIME, CT_LIMIT, CT_PORTS, database polling, database queue locks, ddos attacks, distributed attack, Googlebot, high server load, http, ip address, Jeypack, layer 7, linux, load averages, mibew messenger, mod_evasive, mysql, operator refresh time, php, processes, RAM, scrapers, script, server attack, server load, server load spike, subnet attack, sysadmin commands, whitelist, whm, xmlrpc.php
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Why We Don’t Use Google Analytics on Our Website
At UltimateWB, we don’t use Google Analytics - or any third-party analytics tool - on our website. That might sound surprising in an age where data-driven decisions are the norm. But our decision is intentional, and it's based on the same principles that guide how we build our platform: performance, privacy, and user control.
Here’s why we chose to go analytics-free - and how that choice reflects what we stand for.
1. Privacy Comes First
Most analytics tools track users
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Posted in Website Traffic
Tagged analytics-free, bloat, consent banners, cookies, core web vitals, customer engagement, direct feedback, external servers, fast loading times, fast website, faster page loads, freedom, google ads, google analytics, Google Search Console, ip address, lightweight, loading speed, no plugins, perforance, plugins, privacy, scripts, third-party trackers, tracking pageviews, user control
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Why is the cPanel traffic statistics tool called AWStats
AWStats is short for "Advanced Web Statistics". It is a popular open-source analytics software designed to provide detailed insights into website traffic and usage in cPanel, and comes free with all UltimateWB web hosting plans and UltimateWB Cloud plans. The name "AWStats" reflects its advanced capabilities in analyzing web server log files and generating comprehensive statistics.
Here's why the cPanel traffic statistics tool is called AWStats:
1. Advanced Analytics: AWStats goes beyond basic traffic tracking and provides in-depth insights
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Posted in Ask David!, Website Traffic
Tagged advanced analytics, advanced web statistics, awstats, browser, device, entry page, exit page, geographic data, ip address, popular content, search engine keywords, traffic tracking, user agent, visitor behavior, web server log analysis, website logs
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Record IP Address Toggle On/Off Option Added and Updates on Social Networking Apps with UltimateWB software upgrade 6.6
We have just rolled out a new Ultimate Web Builder software upgrade for all versions of our website builder!
GDPR, Personal Data & User Privacy
If your website is open to Europe and you can't justify recording a user's IP address in your forms, per the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), this upgrade makes it even easier to comply.
The built-in Contact Form app in all UltimateWB software versions - Full, Lite, Essentials+, PromoU, and Promo -
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