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Asked: 2026-05-14T15:02:31+00:00

What .htaccess rewriterule should i use to detect known bots, for example the big

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What .htaccess rewriterule should i use to detect known bots, for example the big ones:

altavista, google, bing, yahoo

I know i can check for their ips, or hosts, but is there a better way?

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    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AltaVista [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Googlebot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} msnbot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Slurp
RewriteRule ^.*$ IHateBots.html [L]
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