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  • Explain the use of the   Denied List - "Red button" page

    The Denied List - "Red button" page allows you to standard blacklist certain program/robots there useragents on your website/store/server. Any Useragent listed is able to enter your site but is definably not allowed to index your site or do things that are known by RCP as illegal. Like stealing files, email address, info, data, downloading etc. Any useragent listed on the red page will be blocked on any attempt of abuse. The listed useragents on the Denied page are from: E-mail collecting robots, bad spiders, page rippers and tools thieves and abusers use to collect private information and files.

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  • Why blacklist-Deny a robot or program on your site?

    Answers: People might be using special programs to download your complete site wish can bring you high bandwidth bills. One competitor site is using robot to collect your links and other site info. Programs that are not compatible with your site. You can blacklist certain programs to see how often abusers are using them. You can think of many reasons why to blacklist certain programs there useragent.

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  • How to add a Robot to your red denied list?

    Each program used on your site has a unique useragent and comments field. In order to deny blacklist a program or robot from indexing or abusing your site/store/server you can add the useragent to your red button page. Sample: The UserAgent of a Program Named: Zeus is used to create a directory of competitors websites. They steal all links from a directory to start there own directory with the stolen links. The user agent is: Zeus 52667 (Webster Pro V2.9 Win32) What you see is a useragent and some comments between the (.....) All you need to add is the first part wish is: Zeus 52667 This is the real useragent. Do not include the text behind it. The (....) are only comments and not originally part of the useragent. In order to add the Zeus useragent add only the first part. Add: Zeus 52667 to the form in the top of the red page and click Add UserAgent... RCP will now automatically stop any one using Zeus and it can will report you with email that someone has tried to use Zeus on your site.

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  • How to Remove a program from your red denied list?

    In order to remove a useragent from your blacklist and allow it to index your site. You must select the ratio button behind the useragent you wish to remove from the red list and click the button at the bottom of the page named:Delete Checked. The useragent is no longer blacklisted but is still not allowed to index your site. If you only remove it from the black list then it will still be stopped from indexing your site. In order to fully allow this useragent you must do two things 1: remove it from the red page. 2: add the useragent to your green page. Only then its allowed to index your site

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