On a server where we have few slightly useful websites, some "Guruji bot" has been hitting badly for almost a week now. On delving into it a bit, we found that all the other [:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack|DoS] like flood also came from IPs allocated to Guruji.com.

Apparently, Guruji is a new "Indian Search Engine" and it is continuing the glorious tradition by labeling itself "beta". The similarity to the you-know-which seems to end there.

There's no surprise if the bots they are running are terribly "beta" too, because they are messing up royally with servers.

If Guruji is troubling your server too, bid iptables to the rescue, ban their IPs from the server until their bots learn manners.

On another note, observe how Kannada is used on [:http://www.guruji.com/ka/|Guruji.com's Kannada interface]:

Guruji = ಗುರುಜಿ (!)

and phrases like:

"ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರೇ?"

"ವಾರ್ತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಗುರುಜಿ"

And they're getting [:http://www.guruji.com/Press/gurujiIntroducesServiceHindi.html|publicity] for adding just these translations. Awesome, how crappy can it get?

Thoda Kannada seeko Guruji!