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So if I understand this story correctly, the .xyz site robots have baited APDIF robots into filing complaints to googles robots which in turn block .xyz sites U
by sigmaprimus 10y ago
So if I understand this story correctly, the .xyz site robots have baited APDIF robots into filing complaints to googles robots which in turn block .xyz sites URLs? For what purpose? Is is just to promote their site? Or is it so that .xyz can now sue Google for removing their URLS without doing their due diligence based on future losses? Very interesting concept, might this be an early example of machine warfare?
- err4nt 10y agoReminds me of (web) spider traps! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_trap https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_trap If it's an extension of this idea, then it's been around for a while already (close to 20 years?)
- Klathmon 10y agowhile I understand what you meant, it's kind of funny that "web spider" could refer to both of them!
- Nomentatus 10y agoIndeed one has to wonder whether there are, say, Adsense ads inserted into those instapages.
- ThisIs_MyName 10y agoI doubt that .xyz did this intentionally. They just wanted to "capture" 404 traffic by responding to every URL with some content. If just 1% of real users that hit this 404 page decided to stay on the site and browse related links, that's a huge win.