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[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 7 months ago

hmm, i though websites just blocked crawler traffic directly? I know one site in particular has rules about it, and will even go so far as to ban you permanently if you continually ignore them.

[-] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 32 points 7 months ago

Detecting crawlers can be easier said than done ๐Ÿ™

[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 7 months ago

i mean yeah, but at a certain point you just have to accept that it's going to be crawled. The obviously negligent ones are easy to block.

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