{"id":13962,"date":"2021-05-07T21:49:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T16:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/?p=13962"},"modified":"2021-05-12T19:47:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T14:17:20","slug":"web-scraping-protection-best-practices-for-keeping-your-content-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stechguide.com\/web-scraping-protection-best-practices-for-keeping-your-content-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Scraping Protection: Best Practices for Keeping Your Content Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Web scraping involves the use of botnets to get content from your internet site. The content collected using this option is used for purposes out of your control as the site owner. Web scraping is mainly the use of data found in a website against the owner\u2019s terms. Web scraping could lead to the replication of the website data in another place.<\/span><\/p>\n The legit intention of data scraping is not bad; it can be used legitimately for many purposes, as highlighted below.<\/span><\/p>\n This happens when websites deploy bots to help with the auto-fetch prices as well as product descriptions. The data collected can be used for allied seller websites.<\/span><\/p>\n It involves the use of companies that are using the scrapers to get data from different forms of social media. Thus, they help in <\/span>sentiment analysis<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n This involves search engine bots crawling into a website. They will analyze its content, which they use to help with the ranking.<\/span><\/p>\n Despite the many benefits that one might get when they use web scraping, it is a process that malicious activities can use. Some effects of web scraping are;<\/span><\/p>\n After investing in your website, to ensure it is unique and gives you a competitive edge, bots can scrap the content as soon as you publish it and reproduce it on another website. If that is the case, it will put your competitive edge at stake. Thus, this will lead to your brand value diminishing.<\/span><\/p>\n When bots scrap your website, they will be able to fill it with fake data. Thus, this will challenge you to tell the difference between the actual leads and spam leads.<\/span><\/p>\n When your content is misused, then it will harm the visibility of your Search engine. Note that all search engines will only prioritize original content. Thus, it will lead to a downgrade of your search engine rankings when you have scrap content. The worst part is that the scraper site might end up ranking higher than your site.<\/span><\/p>\nWhy Is Data Scraping Destructive?<\/b><\/h3>\n
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