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#1 2015-01-26 11:08:47

txpwayoflife
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How do I keep robots away ?

Hi!

If you visit my bbclone installation, you will see that there are a lot of robots:

http://www.alexandrealmeida.blue/bbclone/show_detailed.php?lng=en

How can I stop them?

Thank you.

Last edited by txpwayoflife (2015-01-26 11:10:35)

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#2 2015-01-26 11:29:35

Bloke
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From: Leeds, UK
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Re: How do I keep robots away ?

I’m not familiar with BBClone at all but if a standard robots.txt file doesn’t help, you could perhaps try searching the BBClone forum and see if anyone has some advice there.

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#3 2015-01-26 11:31:47

gaekwad
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Re: How do I keep robots away ?

It’s possible the Linode robots are from ifttt or another change-polling service; I get a bunch hitting my RSS and Atom feeds, and it’s no different to search engine spiders, really. Can you check your access logs and see what URL(s) they are checking?

Edit:

I’ve done a copy + paste below from my visitor logs on the RSS/Atom site:

	Time	Host	Page	Referrer
	26 Jan 2015 12:25:00	41.146.199.146.dyn.plus.net		 
	26 Jan 2015 12:23:54	li553-92.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 12:16:01	li552-158.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 12:08:05	li553-28.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 12:00:12	li490-209.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 11:54:48	crawl-66-249-78-202.googlebot.com	articles	 
	26 Jan 2015 11:52:20	li529-215.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 11:45:08	8.29.198.33		http://www.feedly.com
	26 Jan 2015 11:44:28	li529-215.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 11:39:46	google-proxy-66-249-81-215.google.com		 
	26 Jan 2015 11:36:35	li553-114.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 11:28:40	li552-158.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 11:20:47	li553-36.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 11:12:53	li552-117.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 11:06:27	dd20328.kasserver.com		 
	26 Jan 2015 11:04:58	li532-82.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:57:04	li552-95.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:54:50	crawl-66-249-78-195.googlebot.com
	26 Jan 2015 10:49:12	li553-160.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:41:16	li552-95.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:33:24	li529-215.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:25:48	41.146.199.146.dyn.plus.net	one-thousand-days	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:25:31	li552-96.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:17:39	li532-82.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:13:56	110.82.166.96		 
	26 Jan 2015 10:13:37	65.19.138.33	atom	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:09:47	li552-155.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 10:01:54	li553-91.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:53:59	li552-155.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:46:04	li552-155.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:42:27	65.19.138.34	atom	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:41:32	crawl-66-249-78-188.googlebot.com	articles	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:40:53	static.117.65.9.5.clients.your-server.de		 
	26 Jan 2015 09:38:12	li553-115.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:30:18	li553-102.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:22:25	li553-91.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:14:30	li552-117.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 09:06:37	li495-23.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 08:58:45	li553-115.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 08:50:52	li553-160.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 08:45:18	crawl-66-249-78-195.googlebot.com
	26 Jan 2015 08:42:59	li553-91.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 08:35:06	li553-92.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 08:27:11	li552-155.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 08:19:15	li553-91.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 08:11:21	li552-158.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 08:03:25	li553-92.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:55:30	li495-23.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:54:50	msnbot-157-55-39-52.search.msn.com		 
	26 Jan 2015 07:47:35	li553-115.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:43:48	crawl-66-249-78-195.googlebot.com
	26 Jan 2015 07:39:41	li553-91.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:31:46	li553-102.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:23:51	li495-23.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:15:57	li553-114.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:13:35	65.19.138.34	atom	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:08:02	li553-36.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 07:00:08	li553-36.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 06:55:38	crawl-66-249-64-9.googlebot.com		 
	26 Jan 2015 06:52:15	li553-115.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 06:44:20	li553-114.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 06:36:25	li495-23.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 06:28:33	li529-215.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 06:25:27	spider-5-255-253-165.yandex.com		 
	26 Jan 2015 06:20:41	li552-49.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 06:12:46	li553-114.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 06:04:54	li552-155.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 06:03:19	192.81.215.245		 
	26 Jan 2015 05:57:02	li553-28.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 05:56:30	117.26.255.155		 
	26 Jan 2015 05:49:11	li552-95.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 05:46:34	crawl-66-249-64-1.googlebot.com
	26 Jan 2015 05:44:43	180.76.6.150	good-not-quick	 
	26 Jan 2015 05:41:20	li552-96.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 05:33:27	li552-158.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 05:25:31	li532-82.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 05:09:40	li552-158.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 05:04:26	crawl-66-249-78-202.googlebot.com
	26 Jan 2015 05:01:47	li553-102.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:59:58	crawl-66-249-78-195.googlebot.com
	26 Jan 2015 04:54:49	crawl-66-249-78-188.googlebot.com
	26 Jan 2015 04:53:56	li553-158.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:51:43	220.181.125.200		 
	26 Jan 2015 04:46:04	li529-215.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:38:10	li553-28.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:30:16	li553-91.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:22:24	li553-158.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:16:52	google-proxy-66-249-84-223.google.com		 
	26 Jan 2015 04:14:29	li553-102.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:13:32	65.19.138.33	atom	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:06:37	li552-156.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 04:06:14	206.253.226.23		 
	26 Jan 2015 04:06:14	206.253.226.23		 
	26 Jan 2015 03:58:42	li490-209.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 03:50:49	li552-49.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 03:42:57	li552-49.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 03:42:21	65.19.138.34	atom	 
	26 Jan 2015 03:35:00	li532-82.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 03:27:05	li553-158.members.linode.com	rss	 
	26 Jan 2015 03:19:12	li552-96.members.linode.com	rss

The formatting isn’t great, but you get the idea.

Last edited by gaekwad (2015-01-26 12:30:33)

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#4 2015-01-26 12:24:21

ruud
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From: a galaxy far far away
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Re: How do I keep robots away ?

Also look at the User-agent string in the access logs. That should give an idea about which kind of software is doing these requests.

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#5 2015-01-26 14:33:02

uli
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Registered: 2006-08-15
Posts: 4,304

Re: How do I keep robots away ?

I’ll just relocate this where it should be, don’t worry.

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#6 2015-01-26 17:08:05

txpwayoflife
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Registered: 2015-01-09
Posts: 16

Re: How do I keep robots away ?

Hi Bloke, Gaekwad and Ruud !

Bloke, I’ve tryied to add a file “robots.txt” as it is seen in this page:
http://www.robotstxt.org/faq/prevent.html
But it didn’t work…(I’ve upload it to the root directory and subdomains)

Hello, Gaekwad. Here it is, I will copy and paste:

26 Jan 2015 14:49:58  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 14:42:02  198.58.103.102 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 14:34:07  198.58.99.82 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 14:26:13  198.58.102.96 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 14:18:20  198.58.103.114 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 14:10:25  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 14:02:32  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 13:54:40  198.58.102.158 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 13:46:44  198.58.102.96 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 13:38:51  198.58.103.102 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 13:30:58  li490-209.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 13:23:06  198.58.99.82 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 13:15:12  198.58.102.96 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 13:07:18  198.58.103.92 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 12:59:25  li552-117.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 12:51:29  198.58.103.114 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 12:43:36  198.58.103.92 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 12:35:42  198.58.102.156 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 12:27:49  li529-215.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 12:19:54  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 12:11:59  li552-49.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 12:04:07  li490-209.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 11:56:12  198.58.102.158 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 11:48:16  198.58.103.36 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 11:40:21  li552-117.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 11:32:26  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 11:24:34  li553-91.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 11:16:42  198.58.102.156 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 11:08:46  li553-91.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 11:00:51  li490-209.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 10:52:55  li553-158.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 10:44:59  li529-215.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 10:37:07  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 10:29:14  198.58.103.36 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 10:21:19  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 10:13:24  198.58.103.92 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 10:05:33  198.58.102.158 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 09:57:38  li553-91.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 09:49:45  li529-215.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 09:41:51  198.58.103.92 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 09:33:59  198.58.103.36 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 09:25:58  198.58.102.156 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 09:18:05  li490-209.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 09:10:13  198.58.102.156 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 09:02:16  198.58.102.155 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 08:54:21  198.58.99.82 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 08:46:24  198.58.103.114 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 08:38:32  198.58.103.115 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 08:30:41  198.58.102.96 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 08:24:36  ec2-50-17-173-39.compute-1.amazonaws.com textpattern/pesquisar
26 Jan 2015 08:24:36  ec2-50-17-173-39.compute-1.amazonaws.com textpattern
26 Jan 2015 08:22:46  198.58.102.156 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 08:14:54  li553-158.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 08:07:01  198.58.102.155 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 07:59:05  li490-209.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 07:51:13  li552-49.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 07:43:18  li553-158.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 07:35:25  li552-117.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 07:27:32  198.58.102.155 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 07:19:38  198.58.102.96 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 07:11:44  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 07:03:49  li553-160.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 06:55:54  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 06:48:03  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 06:40:09  li553-160.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 06:32:17  50.116.30.23 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 06:24:21  198.58.103.102 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 06:16:26  198.58.103.102 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 06:08:33  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 06:04:38  crawl-66-249-79-27.googlebot.com textpattern/articles/54/NoiteFeliztocadapelabandareal
26 Jan 2015 06:00:39  198.58.102.155 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 05:52:43  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 05:44:49  198.58.99.82 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 05:36:54  198.58.103.114 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 05:29:01  li553-158.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 05:21:08  li553-91.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 05:13:17  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 05:05:23  li553-158.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 04:57:30  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 04:49:38  198.58.103.36 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 04:41:46  li529-215.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 04:33:52  li552-117.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 04:25:58  198.58.103.102 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 04:18:02  50.116.30.23 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 04:15:05  crawl-66-249-79-27.googlebot.com textpattern/articles/60/ComoadicionarobotaodoFacebookparacompartilharseusartigosnoTextpattern
26 Jan 2015 04:10:09  198.58.99.82 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 04:02:17  198.58.102.156 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 03:54:22  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 03:46:24  198.58.103.28 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 03:38:29  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 03:31:09  crawl-66-249-79-43.googlebot.com textpattern
26 Jan 2015 03:30:33  li553-160.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 03:22:38  li552-95.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 03:14:46  198.58.103.114 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 03:06:51  li553-160.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 02:58:58  198.58.102.155 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 02:51:02  50.116.30.23 textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 02:43:10  li553-160.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 02:35:17  li490-209.members.linode.com textpattern/rss
26 Jan 2015 02:27:25  li553-158.members.linode.com textpattern/rss

And ruud, here is your answer:

Superfeedr bot/2.0 http://superfeedr.com – Make your feeds realtime: get in touch

Well, I will forget this, I think nothing can stop these robots…

Thank you for all the help!

{ Moderator’s annotation: Tried to add bc. for better readability but no worka. (Ah: spaces at the start of each line!) – Uli }

Last edited by uli (2015-01-26 17:48:17)

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#7 2015-01-26 18:35:02

colak
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Re: How do I keep robots away ?

There are a lot of strange things happening lately. One of my sites has for months been bombarded from many ips (many from china). I try to ignore them but they are eating up a lot of bandwidth.

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#8 2015-01-27 09:14:58

ruud
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Re: How do I keep robots away ?

This would also work (in .htaccess), but breaks the service at superfeedr.com

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} superfeedr.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://go.away/

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#9 2015-01-27 13:07:18

txpwayoflife
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Registered: 2015-01-09
Posts: 16

Re: How do I keep robots away ?

Hi ruud, thank you for your tip. I will try it later, when I get home!

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#10 2015-01-27 14:02:22

txpwayoflife
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Registered: 2015-01-09
Posts: 16

Re: How do I keep robots away ?

I’ve tried to upload a .htaccsees file but the system returns an error saying the file already exists… Godaddy hosts my website, and I don’t know how to see the hidden files… and the filezilla never connects to my account, I always use the cPanel to upload a file…

Last edited by txpwayoflife (2015-01-27 14:02:45)

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#11 2015-01-27 14:38:44

ruud
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Re: How do I keep robots away ?

You have to download the existing .htaccess file (TXP needs that) and add the two lines I posted.

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#12 2015-01-27 17:53:47

txpwayoflife
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Registered: 2015-01-09
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Re: How do I keep robots away ?

ruud wrote #287811:

You have to download the existing .htaccess file (TXP needs that) and add the two lines I posted.

I did it right now.
And I guess it is working well… 30 minutes and no robots (from linode.com) untill now…

Thank you!

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