What should my .htaccess file look like?

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MySeoEmail

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• Apr 2, 2016

• #1

If i wanted to block crawlers on my PBNs what should my .htaccess file look like? I see so many threads saying diff things just wondering what works for you guys and what it should look like when I edit my .htaccess file?

 

kbklash

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• Apr 2, 2016

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RewriteEngine On


RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (googlebot|bingbot|Baiduspider) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [R=403,L]

This is what most of us do.You might need to add more crawlers ,if you want.

 

Furious Man

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• Apr 2, 2016

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check out this

http://www.inmotionhosting.com/supp...top-search-engines-from-crawling-your-website

 

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Sristy

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• Apr 2, 2016

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This is a good thread to follow - http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackhat-seo/black-hat-seo/752005-list-approx-200-bots-block-pbn.html

 

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noobfriendly

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• Apr 2, 2016

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kbklash said:

RewriteEngine On RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (googlebot|bingbot|Baiduspider) [NC] RewriteRule .* - [R=403,L] This is what most of us do.You might need to add more crawlers ,if you want.

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Isn't the purpose google to index your pbn network? If you block 'googlebot' how google will index it? Or i am missing something.

 

512 Designs

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• Apr 2, 2016

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its right i think RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (googlebot|bingbot|Baiduspider) [NC] RewriteRule .* - [R=403,L]

 

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• Apr 2, 2016

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Mostly white, with some black characters on it.

Depends what program you open it in.

 

agent-x

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• Apr 2, 2016

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512 Designs said:

its right i think RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (googlebot|bingbot|Baiduspider) [NC] RewriteRule .* - [R=403,L]

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Try that and let us know how it works out for you!