$100 for PHP script. Blocks crawlers, data extractors, spiders.

[mkx]

I am looking for a script that will block "individuals" from extracting data from eBay auctions.

Basically if someone goes to lets say 250 different eBay auctions we control within 24 hours, they will have their IP address blocked. Since a normal script will only block the images and not the txt since the txt is hosted on eBay, I was thinking it can basically activate a big black image that will block the eBay description.

Most importantly, this script must know the ip's for the major search engines, google, yahoo, bing, whatever, etc.

Is this possible? Anyone willing to do it for $100.00? Email me if interested mkx900 AT gmail.com

[rowan]

Since a normal script will only block the images and not the txt since the txt is hosted on eBay, I was thinking it can basically activate a big black image that will block the eBay description.

If it's ONLY images you control, and not the way they're referenced, I doubt you'll be able to do this... the ebay HTML will restrict the size (and placement) of the image.

What exactly is the data you're trying to protect?

[mkx]

I am trying to protect sales data (x sold) images, part numbers, and descriptions, I just don't want people to jack all the descriptions with a data extractor since its a custom revised database of several thousand products. Even if its against eBays terms, i dont think they will see it since their ip isn't blocked so if someone reports seeing a big black screen they might not do anything.

[CYF]

Since a normal script will only block the images and not the txt since the txt is hosted on eBay, I was thinking it can basically activate a big black image that will block the eBay description.

bots don't "view images".

If you can read the text, then someone can copy it.

Is this possible?

No.

[SmokeyTheBear]

google changes its ip's , you risk getting your site/pages ganked if you ban the google bots

[mkx]

hmm so no way to prevent this?

[blackmonsters]

I am looking for a script that will block "individuals" from extracting data from eBay auctions.

Basically if someone goes to lets say 250 different eBay auctions we control within 24 hours, they will have their IP address blocked. Since a normal script will only block the images and not the txt since the txt is hosted on eBay, I was thinking it can basically activate a big black image that will block the eBay description.

Most importantly, this script must know the ip's for the major search engines, google, yahoo, bing, whatever, etc.

Is this possible? Anyone willing to do it for $100.00? Email me if interested mkx900 AT gmail.com

Would it help your problem to put all the detailed text on an image?
The bot can't make sense out of that.

Also the image can be served by a script that sends a blank image if a certain
IP is trying to access it.

I could write that script easily.

[sarettah]

Would it help your problem to put all the detailed text on an image?
The bot can't make sense out of that.

Also the image can be served by a script that sends a blank image if a certain
IP is trying to access it.

I could write that script easily.

Problem is that what he is trying to block is the information on ebay's pages, not his own pages. The only thing he controls is the images displayed on the ebay pages because they pull from his server (at least if I understand the thread correctly). So he basically wants to put a image to cover an ebay page when the image is called from his server and it is an infringing ip making the call.

Pretty impossible to pull off from wwhat I can tell unless you somehow have access to ebay's servers then it is a cakewalk.