Bot Management Articles
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This collection of articles will guide you through the various facets of bot management, from foundational concepts to practical, hands-on techniques.
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Bots and their Impact
Read more: Bots and their ImpactBots are automated programs that can help or harm your site. Learn what bots are, how they work, and how to tell the good from the bad.
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Rate-Limiting
Read more: Rate-LimitingControl traffic and stop bad bots with rate-limiting. Learn how to limit request volume to protect your site from attacks and improve performance.
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Troubleshooting bot access issues
Read more: Troubleshooting bot access issuesSearch bots blocked? Troubleshoot `robots.txt` issues & CSF IP blocks (ModSecurity). Guide: check perms, unblock IPs & whitelist trusted bots.
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What Are Webcrawlers and robots.txt?
Read more: What Are Webcrawlers and robots.txt?Web crawlers populate search engine databases, indexing websites for search results. They vary in behavior and pace. The robots.txt file guides them, indicating where not to scan and how quickly to crawl the site.