{"id":23178,"date":"2024-08-28T07:51:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T07:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kwebby.com\/blog\/?p=23178"},"modified":"2024-08-28T07:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T07:51:34","slug":"how-to-stop-targeted-scraping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kwebby.com\/blog\/how-to-stop-targeted-scraping\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stop targeted scraping to improve performance? Google Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Automated scraping is a major performance killer as we saw during the Google Search Console SEO office hours<\/a> in August 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A site that\u2019s being scraped is hit with severe consequences including increased server load<\/a> and decreased responsiveness. When someone asked about persistent scraping issues even after implementing common prevention methods like IP blocking the answer was to provide the steps to mitigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You need to consider both technical and external support to manage and reduce the impact of aggressive scraping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the steps to deal with this, including finding the source of unwanted traffic, using traceroute tools and a reliable Content Delivery Network (CDN)<\/a> to make your site more resilient to malicious bot traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google Answers: How to stop targeted scraping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n