PerplexityBot/1.0

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PerplexityBot/1.0

Post by radhavallabh »

Hi dear;
PerplexityBot/1.0 seems to be scraping the site and causing max connection issues, I added it to the spiders.txt list but still seems to do the same .
any ideas on why is it still scraping content??
Thank you in advance,
Help shall be deeply appreciated ;
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Re: PerplexityBot/1.0

Post by burt »

Spider.txt does not stop a Bot, it simply stops the Bot from getting a session.

To stop a Bot, you need to use Robots.txt, see https://datadome.co/bots/perplexitybot/
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Re: PerplexityBot/1.0

Post by ecartz »

Perplexity may not be scraping the site. It also works on a user operated basis. E.g. a person asks "What's good on radhavallabh's site?" and it takes a look.

CloudFront's free tier might help with Perplexity if the suggestions from the AI that Burt posted don't work.
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Re: PerplexityBot/1.0

Post by radhavallabh »

ecartz wrote: Sun Aug 31, 2025 1:52 pm Perplexity may not be scraping the site. It also works on a user operated basis. E.g. a person asks "What's good on radhavallabh's site?" and it takes a look.

CloudFront's free tier might help with Perplexity if the suggestions from the AI that Burt posted don't work.
Understood dear thank you so much for the valuable advice!
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