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Max Taxable · #9 11-05-2013, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by GaryT

Ok so for me to open my forum to badbots or "scripy kiddies" I'm at risk, I got that.

Then here is my headache, restrict the bad guys and lose being found by folks looking for the type of content my site offers or, take a chance so I may gain more members?

I'm going to start Googleing and hopefully there is a sweet spot to go with.

Thanks

Nah... I would just let the good bots index admincp and modcp, the bad bots don't obey robots.txt anyway.

Robots.txt is alot like gun laws - only the law abiding obey them. The bad bots just flat out ignore it. True story.

EDIT to add: It's far more effective to just block the bad bots, using Simon Lloyd's "Ban Spiders by User Agent." One of the best Mods in the history of Mods.

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