{"id":563,"date":"2021-09-15T14:38:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T18:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=563"},"modified":"2023-02-14T12:00:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:00:22","slug":"account-ip-blocking-vs-visitor-ip-blocking","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/account-ip-blocking-vs-visitor-ip-blocking-563\/","title":{"rendered":"Account IP blocking vs. Visitor IP blocking"},"content":{"rendered":"TraceMyIP provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/how-to-block-an-ip-address-1017\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"How to block an IP address\">IP blocking<\/a> capabilities for two different purposes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Account IP\/Browser blocking<\/strong>. The primary purpose of an account IP blocking is to prevent the system from logging a specific set of IP addresses or browsers. By specifying one or more IPs under &#8220;My Account &gt; General Settings&#8221;, an account owner can block the specified IPs from being detected by the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/tools\/website-visitors-counter-traffic-tracker-statistics\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"68\" title=\"visitor tracking, visitor IP tracker\">visitor tracker<\/a>. This function allows to save log space and avoids capturing unnecessary traffic log data.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, this IP blocking feature is used to prevent the system from logging the website owner&#8217;s activity. However, other uses include but are not limited to the prevention of logging undesired traffic such as that generated by unknown <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/good-and-bad-bots-how-they-impact-websites-2796\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"65\" title=\"Good and Bad Bots: How They Impact Websites\">bots<\/a>, automation appliances that visit specific pages of automation websites, and activity of other computers for which the activity data is not required.<\/p>\n<p>To configure the tracker to ignore specific IPs or browsers, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/blocking-ips-browser-visits-from-appearing-on-reports-1719\/\">Account IP\/Browser blocking<\/a> tutorial.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visitor IP blocking.<\/strong> This feature is used to block specific IPs or an IP range from being able to access website content. This is accomplished via using a Page Tracker and a Link Tracker tools.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Page Tracker<\/strong> is designed to block or otherwise control access to a single or a specific range of website pages.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Link Tracker<\/strong> is utilized to block, control and redirect visitor traffic for clicks on specific links.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Both IP access control features have an extensive set of options, that allow controlling access to website content based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/what-is-an-ip-address-127\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"14\" title=\"What is an IP address?\">IP address<\/a>, geo-location of an address, user system specifications, referrer information and browsing activity types.<\/p>\n<p>To access Page and Link Tracker options, login to an TraceMyIP account, go to &#8220;My Projects&#8221; report, and use a project navigation menu. For a step-by-step tutorial on how to configure these features, refer to the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/learn\/how-to-block-an-ip-address-1017\/\">Blocking an IP address<\/a>&#8221; tutorial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding: 10px 0;\"><strong>\ud83c\udf0d Who visits your website?<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tracemyip.org\/tools\/codereg.php?rgtype=4684NR-IPIB&amp;ntc=1&amp;adDj=1&amp;refLinkID=WPLearn_tracemyip_signup_link_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign Up<\/a><\/strong> now to find out instantly!<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>provides IP blocking capabilities for two different purposes. Account IP\/Browser blocking. The primary purpose of an account IP blocking is to prevent the system from logging a specific set of IP addresses or browsers. 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