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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

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How to Identify the Bot You Want to Block Before you can block a bot, you will need to know at least one of two things: the IP address where the bot is coming from or the"User Agent string" that the bot is using. Once youve located the entries that belong to the bot, look for the IP address and the user agent string. Be careful though.

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The first 6 steps to homegrowing basic startup analytics | Futuristic Play by @Andrew_Chen

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Typically I would start out with a series of pretty plain HTML pages using tables that just print out SQL queries. Block IP address. Block IP address. Block IP address. Block IP address. Block IP address. Block IP address. You can add finishing touches like percentage %s, key ratios, etc. as you go.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

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To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them.

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