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calibas
59 days ago
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Stop crawling my HTML – use the API
I assume they mean:
<script><a href="/honeypot">Click Here!</a></script>
It would fool the dumber web crawlers.
prmoustache
59 days ago
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I remember seeing browser extensions that would preload links to show thumbnails. I was thinking about zip bombing crawlers then realized the users of such extensions might receive zip bombs as well.
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<script><a href="/honeypot">Click Here!</a></script>
It would fool the dumber web crawlers.