eReaderiQ now requires an account to filter results?

[Cactus Chef]

Originally Posted by chrhup

This change had nothing to do with ad revenue. It was done because too many bots were hitting my site, at far too fast a rate, and it was causing things to run unacceptably slow. At times, the bots were so aggressive that they took down the entire site.

I noticed this happening more-and-more, so my best option was to prevent anonymous users from running filters, which can be very database intensive on my site.

I have never sold any email addresses from this site, and have no intentions of ever doing so.

Hello, Christian! Thank-you for responding to my thread. I appreciate the explanation.

Regarding the bot usage, were you seeing a sudden ramp-up in the past few weeks from a handful of bad actors? Or was this just ambient creep over time that finally hit a breaking point?

[Aleron Ives]

Thank you for offering us such an amazing resource for tracking e-book sales.

[chrhup]

Originally Posted by Cactus Chef

Hello, Christian! Thank-you for responding to my thread. I appreciate the explanation.

Regarding the bot usage, were you seeing a sudden ramp-up in the past few weeks from a handful of bad actors? Or was this just ambient creep over time that finally hit a breaking point?

Bots have always been a problem, and I have spent many hours through the years trying to mitigate the issue. In recent weeks, it has gotten to a point where I can no longer keep up.