[HOT TIP] HOW TO PROTECT KEYWORDS FROM COMPETITORS BY BLOCKING ALEXA BOT FROM YOUR WEBSITE
This is a tip I came up with accidentally. I'm sure many would have realized the fact that you can grab your competitors' keywords quite easily by fetching the Alexa Search Terms for the sites.
Now, while this is pretty desirable when you are grabbing the keywords, someone doing the same with you would definitely be harmful.
So, you just need to add the following information in the robots.txt file of your site/blog.
Here's the source for the code (it might be changed by Alexa in the future):
Alexa - Information for Webmasters
Hope this would help a few new Warriors.
Samir
Now, while this is pretty desirable when you are grabbing the keywords, someone doing the same with you would definitely be harmful.
So, you just need to add the following information in the robots.txt file of your site/blog.
Code:
User-agent: ia_archiver Disallow: /
Alexa - Information for Webmasters
Hope this would help a few new Warriors.
Samir