How to Verify the Bots Of Search Engines

28 Nov

Cloaked or disguised agents can mimic Google, MSN, Yahoo, and Ask… so here’s a way to verify if they are actually who they say they are. Reverse and forward DNS lookup warning.

Tags: Ask, Google, MSN, Yahoo

Filed under: Web 2.0

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