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Old 02-22-2010, 03:07 PM  
rowan
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by DamnGoodRatio View Post
I return a 503 page and they seem to respect that. Then I set it so they can crawl during my off peak loads which they seem to do.
Should work and I know this is documented somewhere on Google's FAQ just can't seem to find the link right now.
I've noticed that a connection or server error will make G-bot back right off, but I'm concerned that doing this routinely might affect my rank. I've seen recent articles saying that site response time may become a factor in the future.

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