AI Crawlers Overloading Your Website? How to Stop Them Fast
AI crawlers overloading your server? Find the bot in your logs, block it at the server for instant relief, then use robots.txt and 429 responses long term.
332 practical guides to website speed, SEO, email deliverability, DNS, security and automation, with fixes you can copy and paste.
AI crawlers overloading your server? Find the bot in your logs, block it at the server for instant relief, then use robots.txt and 429 responses long term.
How to get cited by Claude: allow Claude-SearchBot, write quotable answer-first pages, keep facts current, and track Claude referral traffic in GA4.
Service area business SEO: hide your address on Google Business Profile, set service areas, build area pages that aren't doorway spam and add areaServed.
How to get more plumbing, HVAC and electrical leads: Google Business Profile, Local Services Ads, genuine reviews, missed-call text back and quote follow-up.
How to get more Google reviews for your dental practice within the rules: ask every patient, use a direct link, skip incentives, reply without patient details.
How to get more dental patients online: a complete Google Business Profile, steady genuine reviews, a fast website, easy online booking and reminders that work.
What a white label SEO report should include, how agencies use white label website audits to win and keep clients, and the honesty rules that keep them credible.
We checked the 10,000 most popular websites for AI crawler blocks, llms.txt, HTTPS, security headers, SPF and DMARC. 22.4% of sites with a robots.txt block at least one AI bot.
Page not indexed by Google? Work through noindex, canonicals, robots.txt, soft 404s, duplicates and quality issues in the right order to find the real cause.
What domain authority is, how Moz DA, Ahrefs DR and Semrush Authority Score differ, why Google doesn't use any of them, and how to use them sensibly.
How to update old blog posts: find refresh candidates in Search Console, decide between refresh, merge, redirect or delete, and handle dates and recrawls.
What search intent is, the four types SEOs use, how Google's rater guidelines describe it, and how to read results so each page matches what searchers want.
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