What kind of web host does this?

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  • baddog
    So Fucking Banned
    • Apr 2001
    • 107089
    #1

    What kind of web host does this?

    Got an interesting call this morning.

    This guy read my article in Website Magazine so went to check out our site and had what I thought was an interesting question.

    He asked if we somehow throttled or filtered the search engine spiders so they could only visit his site a certain number of times per day.

    I was certain that I must have misunderstood the question, but apparently not. He told me he has dealt with hosts that would only let Googlebot hit his site a maximum of six times a day.

    I have never heard of such a thing. Have you?
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    • zagi
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2004
      • 1238
      #2
      That's bad news bears - blocking/limiting/filtering a spider can hurt your SE rankings
      Managed US/NL Hosting [ [Reality Check Network ]
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        • V_RocKs
          Damn Right I Kiss Ass!
          • Nov 2003
          • 32467
          #3
          Sounds like a host with no brain.

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            • baddog
              So Fucking Banned
              • Apr 2001
              • 107089
              #4
              Originally posted by zagi
              That's bad news bears - blocking/limiting/filtering a spider can hurt your SE rankings
              Well, as he was seeking an SEO hosting solution I think filtering like that would be rather self-defeating.

              Originally posted by V_RocKs
              Sounds like a host with no brain.
              Kinder than what I was thinking.

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                • HorseShit
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Dec 2004
                  • 17513
                  #5
                  We want our customers to make less money so there is less chance they will pay for our hosting services.

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                    • rowan
                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                      • Mar 2002
                      • 17393
                      #6
                      I see the occasional search result where canned shopping cart scripts are complaining that the user (Googlebot) is loading pages too fast and has been blocked.

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                        • AdPatron
                          No commissions, no fees.
                          • Apr 2003
                          • 17706
                          #7
                          Originally posted by baddog
                          Kinder than what I was thinking.
                          Yeah, kinder than what I was thinking too!!

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                            • aico
                              Moo Moo Cow
                              • Mar 2004
                              • 14748
                              #8
                              Did you really want an answer, or did you just want people to know you wrote an article in some magazine?

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                                • baddog
                                  So Fucking Banned
                                  • Apr 2001
                                  • 107089
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by aico
                                  Did you really want an answer, or did you just want people to know you wrote an article in some magazine?
                                  Serious question, I already announced I was published a month ago.

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