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		bhartzer on March 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The day I was DoSed by Google I would definitely restrict Googlebot from accessing site, as it's acting like a "bad bot". Besides, does your business model rely on search engine traffic? I hope not.

falcolas on March 12, 2015 [–]

Most websites rely on search engine traffic. It's how most people access websites these days - type "hacker news" into Google/Bing/Yahoo and click on the top link.

Especially if they haven't been there before.

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