• redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 days ago

    Crawl-delay is just that, a simple directive to add to robots.txt to set the maximum crawl frequency. It used to be widely followed by all but the worst crawlers …

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      8 days ago

      Crawl-delay

      It’s a nonstandard extension without consistent semantics or wide support, but I suppose it’s good to know about anyway. Thanks for mentioning it.