SMRTR ProgrammingApr 3, 2025Daily.dev

Three Ways to Fight AI Crawlers

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AI crawlers are causing problems for websites, including increased costs, outages, and potential DDoS attacks. Website owners can fight back using JavaScript-heavy content, AI tarpits and labyrinths, and rate limiting with advanced filtering. These methods aim to protect content from being scraped for free and resold by AI companies.

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