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#13204 Block crawlers IPs in .htaccess

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Latest post by nicholas on Wednesday, 08 August 2012 10:46 CDT

Wednesday, 08 August 2012 09:48 CDT

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Description of my issue:

Hi
Is it possible to block IPs from crowlers in .htaccess?
do you have a crawlers or bots black list?

Thank you

Wednesday, 08 August 2012 10:46 CDT

nicholas
Please note that this question is not related to Admin Tools. You can actually search that information in Google, like I did, and find out that it's possible (with instructions). If you are using Admin Tools' .htaccess Maker you can insert these directives in the "Custom .htaccess rules at the top of the file" area.

Regarding a list of crawlers and bots, I would not recommend using any such list you will find on the web for two reasons:
1. They become outdated faster than you can type them; and
2. Adding hundreds of extra lines in your .htaccess file will have a measurable performance impact on your site
I would recommend using the Project Honeypot integration instead. It's built into Admin Tools Pro. All you need to do is get a free Project Honeypot key and you're set :)

Nicholas K. Dionysopoulos

Lead Developer and Director

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