August 10, 2004
Filtering effect: Losing 1,500 visitor in a night
After writing a couple of posts about the nuclear issue in Iran and urging Iranian citizens to talk and think about it despite the strong control of the regime on this issue, my Persian weblog has apparently blocked in more ISPs.
I've received several emails and comments, mostly from outside Tehran, that they can't access Editor: Myself anymore since yesterday.
As a result, I've lost some 1,500 visitors per day. However, alternative domains, which is one of the most effective ways to beat censorship, are still available, such as editormyself.com. But every alternative domain name costs up to $10 and I'm not sure how long I can continue to pay for it by my own.
So, if you don't me to lose the remaining 4,500 visitors to my Persian blog and help it reach back to its 10,000 normal visits per day, please make a donation by clicking on the following button.Comments
Are they banning things at the domain level? At most of my sites, I set a wildcard DNS that lets anything.your-domain.com work, which gets around most simple filters for www.your-domain.com.
- By: Matt on August 10, 2004
- By: Matt on August 10, 2004
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