It is possible to completely block bot traffic to a new website?
- Thread starter savitaprasad
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No, you can't block it 100%. Just reduce them.
Sawyerbroach
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Yup, cloudfare.
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What solutions are you using?
Frendruc
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Yes, but what ever tool or service you use cannot do it completely at 100%
Orsentio
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It's not possible to do it completely, but you have to analyze the kind of bot traffic that you intend to block.
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So, multiple tools are needed for this work?
Nataliahedge
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Makes sense. Chasing 100% was probably the wrong goal from the start what's a good benchmark to aim for instead?
AhmadRaj
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Not 100%, honestly. You can block a lot of bot traffic, but completely stopping it is almost impossible because bots constantly change their IPs and patterns. Plus, some bots are actually important, like Google’s crawler.
The realistic goal isn’t to eliminate bots completely, it’s to reduce harmful ones using tools like Cloudflare, firewalls, and rate limiting.
So yes, you can control it heavily, but you can’t fully erase it.
The realistic goal isn’t to eliminate bots completely, it’s to reduce harmful ones using tools like Cloudflare, firewalls, and rate limiting.
So yes, you can control it heavily, but you can’t fully erase it.
WayneCox
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I usually mix Cloudflare rules with a simple rate limit and it cuts the noise down a lot without making real users jump through hoops. If a bot keeps slipping through, checking its user agent and blocking whole patterns helps more than people expect. I also learned the hard way that too many CAPTCHAs just annoy everyone, so I only trigger them for sketchy traffic spikes.
Gibiskus2001
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Cloudflare helps, but I usually pair it with strict rate limits and a small honeypot field to catch the low-effort scrapers without annoying real users. Let the good bots through by verifying their IP ranges instead of relying on user agents, since fakes are everywhere these days. I’ve seen this combo cut junk traffic massively while keeping the site feeling smooth.
ShadowMonkey22
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I found that pinning at weird hours sometimes nabs traffic the scheduled tools miss, especially if your audience is scattered across a few time zones. I also ditched the repins from group boards and started making super-specific boards around tiny subtopics - suddenly, search sends folks over for keywords I barely even chased. Using Canva for batch-creating images saves my brainpower and keeps my boards looking fresh without much extra work.
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No, it's nearly impossible to eliminate all bot traffic, but you can greatly reduce it with tools like Cloudflare, firewalls, and bot protection.
primekinksolution
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No, you can't block all bot traffic. Every new website gets visits from search engines and other bots. Some bots are good, and some are bad.
The best way is to block bad bots and allow good ones like Google. You can use Cloudflare, enable bot protection, and check your website logs regularly. This will reduce most unwanted bot traffic, but blocking 100% of bots is not possible.