tekeous@usenet.lol to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 16 days agorobots.txt is a suggestionusenet.lolimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up140arrow-down10
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minus-squaremarcos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·16 days agoNothing in my post (or in robots.txt) has any relation to distributing your content.
minus-squareBlackPenguins@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-216 days agoWhat else would they scrape your data for? Sure some could be for personal use but most of the time it will be to redistribute in a new medium. Like a recipe app importing recipes.
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·16 days agoIndexing is what “scrapers” mostly do. That’s how search engines work. If you don’t allow any scraping don’t be surprised if you get no visitors.
Nothing in my post (or in robots.txt) has any relation to distributing your content.
What else would they scrape your data for? Sure some could be for personal use but most of the time it will be to redistribute in a new medium. Like a recipe app importing recipes.
Indexing is what “scrapers” mostly do.
That’s how search engines work. If you don’t allow any scraping don’t be surprised if you get no visitors.