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Can a website or other data source block a scraper?

April 26, 2017block Data scraper source website

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Can a website or other data source block a scraper?

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A. There are many things website owners do to reduce automated activity on their sites. This is done to prevent bots from using up limited bandwidth needed for actual clients surfing the site or otherwise using the data. With our scraping methods, we attempt to leave as small a footprint as possible. However if a site owner asks us to stop scraping their website or datasource, we will immediately comply.