How can I stop competitors viewing site?

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    I have 2 sites and I want to prevent my competiros viewing the changes i do for SEO, so I was wondering what the correct way using .htaccess is to block IP's or URLS?

    Please share.
     
    geester1, Sep 29, 2009 IP
  2. ErikTheRed

    ErikTheRed Peon

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    Well you can block by a visitor by referer (which is useless in this situation):
    RewriteEngine on
# Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} badsite\.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} anotherbadsite\.com
RewriteRule .* - [F]
    Code (markup):
    Or if you can block a visitor by ip:
    with "deny from 12.3.4" bocking a range of IPs.

    But this won't really prevent your competition from seeing what you are doing in regards to seo. They can just switch their IP address easily..
     
    ErikTheRed, Sep 29, 2009 IP
  3. califmerchant

    califmerchant Active Member

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    that will not solve it because you can always view sites through a proxy....
     
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    dren Active Member

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    If it's on the internet then anyone can view your site. ;)
     
    dren, Sep 29, 2009 IP