I am getting this as well. Unfortunately, the bots are not identifying themselves as being from Alibaba, but if I click on the "whois" in the guest menu, then it does come up as alibaba.
The standard bot blocking method via the .htaccess file doesn't work in this case because the bots are not identify themselves as such. Is there are alternative method for blocking specifically the alibaba bots?
EDIT: So looks like I was able to get rid of them by blocking two IP ranges. Specifically 47.82.*.* and 47.79.*.*
The guest users online count dropped by 95% after implementation.
The standard bot blocking method via the .htaccess file doesn't work in this case because the bots are not identify themselves as such. Is there are alternative method for blocking specifically the alibaba bots?
EDIT: So looks like I was able to get rid of them by blocking two IP ranges. Specifically 47.82.*.* and 47.79.*.*
The guest users online count dropped by 95% after implementation.
Statistics: Posted by invenio — Sat May 03, 2025 9:51 am