I use this in my application.cfc right at top. It notes the more common bots
(google) and assigns them a timeout of 2 seconds. You can use the same logic
for whatever you want.
IF
(REFindNoCase('Slurp|Google|BecomeBot|msnbot|ZyBorg|RufusBot|EMonitor|java',
cgi.http_user_agent))
This.sessionTimeout=createtimespan(0,0,0,2);
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Les Mizzell <lesm...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>
> In working out my Googlebot problem, I came across an idea of using
> HTTP_USER_AGENT to identify a bot, and then exclude it from an area or
> whatever (redirect it to www.disney.com or something... that's a joke)
> ... assuming it gets in despite the robots.txt file.
>
> So, this looks like a good starting point to modify from:
>
>
> http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1083-ColdFusion-Session-Management-And-Spiders-Bots.htm
>
> I see how to deal with bots you can identify. Can anybody think of a way
> or have an example of how to figure out that it's a unidentifiable bot
> (rather than a real user with a browser) and redirect/whatever?
>
> Just asking....
>
>
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