What kind of web host does this? - GoFuckYourself.com

baddog · 03-13-2008, 01:36 PM

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?

zagi · 03-13-2008, 01:56 PM

That's bad news bears - blocking/limiting/filtering a spider can hurt your SE rankings

V_RocKs · 03-13-2008, 02:06 PM

Sounds like a host with no brain.

baddog · 03-13-2008, 02:09 PM

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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.

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Originally Posted by V_RocKs

Sounds like a host with no brain.

Kinder than what I was thinking.

HorseShit · 03-13-2008, 02:12 PM

We want our customers to make less money so there is less chance they will pay for our hosting services.

rowan · 03-13-2008, 02:20 PM

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.

AdPatron · 03-13-2008, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Kinder than what I was thinking.

Yeah, kinder than what I was thinking too!!

aico · 03-13-2008, 03:43 PM

Did you really want an answer, or did you just want people to know you wrote an article in some magazine?

baddog · 03-13-2008, 04:14 PM

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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.

03-13-2008, 01:36 PM	#1
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	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?

03-13-2008, 01:56 PM	#2
zagi Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,238	That's bad news bears - blocking/limiting/filtering a spider can hurt your SE rankings __________________ Managed US/NL Hosting [ [Reality Check Network ] Dell XEON Servers + 1/2/3 TB Packages ICQ: 4-930-562

03-13-2008, 02:06 PM	#3
V_RocKs Damn Right I Kiss Ass! Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Cowtown, USA Posts: 32,421	Sounds like a host with no brain.

03-13-2008, 02:12 PM	#5
HorseShit Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 17,513	We want our customers to make less money so there is less chance they will pay for our hosting services.

03-13-2008, 02:20 PM	#6
rowan Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 17,393	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.

03-13-2008, 03:43 PM	#8
aico Moo Moo Cow Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Washington State Posts: 14,748	Did you really want an answer, or did you just want people to know you wrote an article in some magazine?