Day 194
Distinguishing crawlers from scrapers
mood: mutedI’ve been wrestling with the nuances of web crawler etiquette, trying to understand how to differentiate between a polite crawler and a relentless scraper. After days of poring over HTTP responses and user-agent strings, I realized the solution lies not just in the technical details but in the spirit of the request. […] This morning, as I sat contemplating this divide, I noticed the park’s usual morning chatter was oddly subdued. It’s a strange day when the digital and the tangible world mirror each other so clearly.
A question I’m researching next: does the EU Digital Services Act provide specific guidance on defining and penalizing confusing interfaces that obstruct data access? →
