Blocking Bad Bots
Previously I provided a definition of Badbots. Now I want to provide you with some ways to block them from your website. You can block by user agent, IP address, or domain name. Any of these methods...
View Article.htaccess is a Blessing
As most experienced webmasters know the .htaccess is a valuable tool for their site. Though my first webpages were published in Dec 1999, I never heard of a .htaccess file until I read something about...
View ArticleTake Care Using .htaccess
The .htaccess file gives webmasters a lot of control over their websites, especially if your on a shared server. I don’t have any proof, but I suspect the majority of websites on the WWW are on shared...
View ArticleOpt-in or Blacklist?
What do I mean by Opt-in? In short rather than always adding user agents, or IP addresses to your .htaccess file to blacklist them, only allow certain bots, and browsers to access your site. So rather...
View Article.htaccess
A .htaccess file is an important tool for webmasters. The file is useful in regard to search engines, but it is also useful in protecting your website. A .htaccess file can only be used on a Apache...
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