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minus-squareSixseven@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoWhat are examples of benign bots?
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoI’d consider search engine bots from the likes of Google, Microsoft, etc. to be benign. They provide a useful service to websites and honor robots.txt directives. Bots that impersonate Google etc. and/or ignore robots.txt are considered bad bots.
minus-squareArmok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoGoogle’s search indexer.
What are examples of benign bots?
I’d consider search engine bots from the likes of Google, Microsoft, etc. to be benign. They provide a useful service to websites and honor robots.txt directives.
Bots that impersonate Google etc. and/or ignore robots.txt are considered bad bots.
Google’s search indexer.