Comments on: Blocking Bad Bots and Scrapers with .htaccess http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/blocking-bad-bots-and-scrapers-with-htaccess.html Web Development Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:55:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Dan http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/blocking-bad-bots-and-scrapers-with-htaccess.html#comment-43076 Dan Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:48:38 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=549#comment-43076 thanks thanks

]]> By: akshay http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/blocking-bad-bots-and-scrapers-with-htaccess.html#comment-39764 akshay Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:56:12 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=549#comment-39764 forgot to subscrbe to comment followups :) forgot to subscrbe to comment followups :)

]]> By: akshay http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/blocking-bad-bots-and-scrapers-with-htaccess.html#comment-39763 akshay Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:55:25 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=549#comment-39763 will it not slow down the entire site if i add so many entries in apache? i have heard that this can cause problems? will it not slow down the entire site if i add so many entries in apache? i have heard that this can cause problems?

]]> By: AskApache http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/blocking-bad-bots-and-scrapers-with-htaccess.html#comment-39081 AskApache Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:25:08 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=549#comment-39081 @ Spencer I would put it at the bottom. @ Jernej I'm not sure, it would probably be a difference of milliseconds if it was even measurable. I prefer the <code>SetEnvIfNoCase</code> myself, but then again, I don't use either of these methods. I use <a href="http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/mod_security-htaccess-tricks.html" rel="nofollow">mod_security to block bad bots</a> instead. @ Spencer

I would put it at the bottom.

@ Jernej

I’m not sure, it would probably be a difference of milliseconds if it was even measurable. I prefer the SetEnvIfNoCase myself, but then again, I don’t use either of these methods. I use mod_security to block bad bots instead.

]]> By: Jernej http://www.askapache.com/htaccess/blocking-bad-bots-and-scrapers-with-htaccess.html#comment-38994 Jernej Mon, 14 Apr 2008 11:53:00 +0000 http://www.askapache.com/?p=549#comment-38994 SetEnvIfNoCase vs RewriteRules ? Which one is faster ? SetEnvIfNoCase vs RewriteRules ? Which one is faster ?

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