AI scrapers are driving up your hosting costs and making real users wait while bots crawl every deep link and faceted listing. This creates millions of unnecessary URLs and puts immense pressure on your infrastructure.
You can take the pressure off your application by implementing a few technical fixes:
- Use robots.txt to guide bot behavior
- Implement cache normalization with sorted keys
- Set sane application limits to protect resourcesManaging these bots is the new normal for developers.
Check out the full technical write-up to see how to implement these fixes and keep your hosting costs under control:
The (not so) hidden cost of AI scrapers - Upsun Developer
AI scrapers drive up your hosting cost while real users wait. Use robots.txt, cache normalization, and sane application limits to take the pressure off.
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