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How to block msnbot
| Posted by kshazad86, 09-30-2012, 05:37 AM |
| I've got the msnbot going crazy on one of the sites on a server, any ideas how I can block this bot entirely.
Note: I'm running cPanel with Modsec plugin
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| Posted by anuja9991, 09-30-2012, 05:47 AM |
| You can use .htaccess to block unwanted bots. Following tutorial will guide you through.
http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess13.shtml
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| Posted by dareORdie, 09-30-2012, 05:54 AM |
| You can follow the three steps provided in the below URL :
http://www.htmlremix.com/seo/block-g...and-robots-txt
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| Posted by kshazad86, 09-30-2012, 06:00 AM |
| Thanks, I'll give this a try.
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| Posted by zoid, 09-30-2012, 06:03 AM |
| Maybe just a temporary issue
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| Posted by Ash, 09-30-2012, 06:33 AM |
| Instead of blocking it totally, you might want to look at the crawl-delay value in robots.txt.
I think the MSN Bot obeys it (Google doesn't)
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