How to get the IP address of commentators

Currently, there is no way one can get the IP address of commentators for those using the Blogger commenting system. This is one way you can try to guess the IP address of commentator. First you have to install a hit counter on your blog if you do not have one already. There are various free hit counters available, including sitemeter and statcounter. Sitemeter is good for summaries. I prefer statcounter for its more detailed statistics. To see how to install a hit counter, go to How do I track visitors to my blog. When you want to track visitors to your blog, sign in to statcounter and click on "Recent pageload activities". You will be taken to a page where details of such as date, time, IP address, etc. will be shown. See screenshot below. (Click screenshot to enlarge)When you want to find out the IP address of a commentator, note the timestamp at the bottom of the comment and compare it with the time shown in the visitors log. When you see a match, then very likely that is the person who made the comment. Get the IP address of that visitor from the log.

This tip was given by Dr. Lisa Cuddy.

This tip can be useful if you want to ban someone who is leaving comments you don't like as shown in this post: How to ban a person from your blog or website (click "BACK" button to get back to this site).

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UPDATE 16 August 2008: Answer to a question in the comment about whether it is still impossible to get the commentator's IP address for Blogger: "Yes it is still not possible. You can only guess, including the country. But if your blog has low traffic, it can be a very good guess to the point of certainty. If a person comment at, say, 3pm and from morning till night, that is the only visitor to the blog, than you can say that that visitor you see in your visitor counter is the one who commented."

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