Hostharvest frequently asked questions

Q: I have been visited by Hostharvest, should I panic?
Q: How often will Hostharvest visit my site?
Q: Can I avoid being visited by Hostharvest?
Q:

I have been visited by Hostharvest, should I panic?

A:

You should by no means be worried. Hostharvest is a well-behaved bot, and will generally not cause problems. Hostharvest has paid you a visit, because it found a link to your page somewhere on the web.

Q:

How often will Hostharvest visit my site?

A:

It is difficult to give an exact answer to this question, as Hostharvest randomly selects where to go next. However, there is an upper limit of 5 urls per host. Therefore, you will be visited no more than 5 times within a period of several hours.

Q:

Can I avoid being visited by Hostharvest?

A:

Sure. Hostharvest respects robots.txt files. See this link for more information.


 

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Updated: Thu, 18 Mar 2004

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