Title: bot problem
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# bot problem

 *  [Wolfnature](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wolfnature/)
 * (@wolfnature)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-problem/)
 * Hi,
 * Last week I received my 10k backlinks which I purchased before. After that my
   site was attacked by bots who is indexing him non-stop. Some of the bots has 
   50-200 hits per day! I red a lot about this and figured it out that i should 
   edit .htaccess with the bots IP’s and done it but the bots continue to have access
   to my site and are doing enormous amount of hits again. My .htaccess looks like:
 * > order allow,deny
   >  deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx deny 
   > from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx deny from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx allow from all
 * I use hosting from a local company and I’ve got 2 domains on my hosting account.
   So I am placing .htaccess in the main folder and in /www/root/.
 * The thing is that my hosting plan has “used CPU time” parameter which is 400%
   above normal because of the bots which are indexing my site. I’ve got 10-20 hits
   according to Google Analytics, but those bots or whatever they are, are slowing
   my site and I can’t make this drop to normal value.
 * Could you please tell me where I am wrong?

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 *  [Josh Lynch](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshual1/)
 * (@joshual1)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-problem/#post-5051025)
 * Your hosting company may be able to help you block this traffic, but the bots
   may be switching to different IPs when blocked, which is difficult to counter.
   You could also try a plugin like [WP-Ban](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/),
   but the underlying issue may be that you bought links that are now bringing malicious
   traffic to your sites.
 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-problem/#post-5051027)
 * > Last week I received my 10k backlinks which I purchased before.
 *  Return your site to the setup before you did this backlink thing. If you don’t
   have a backup check with your host.
 * As Joshua mentioned, you don’t need to purchase backlinks. It will only cause
   problems.
 *  Thread Starter [Wolfnature](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wolfnature/)
 * (@wolfnature)
 * [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-problem/#post-5051037)
 * Yes, they cause problems and I learned this the hard way…
 * There is no undo for the backlinking if I’m thinking the right way. The only 
   thing I think will help is to change the links to the categories for which I 
   bought this backlinks. I’ll try this plugin.
 * The strangest thing is that I ban the bots via .htaccess and they continue to
   come over from the same IP’s.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 3 replies
 * 3 participants
 * Last reply from: [Wolfnature](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wolfnature/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/bot-problem/#post-5051037)
 * Status: not resolved

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