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How to deal with bad bots and crawlers that waste your server resources and harm your website?

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It is true that there are bad bots and crawlers that can potentially harm your website by consuming server resources, engaging in scraping, or attempting to exploit vulnerabilities. These malicious bots can negatively impact your website's performance, security, and user experience.

To address this issue, it's possible to implement measures to block or restrict the activities of bad bots and crawlers without affecting the good bots and crawlers that are used by legitimate search engines.

Here are some methods for

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