: Geolocation Blocking and SEO I'm in process to block a particular geolocation from accessing my site. But i am not sure if this is going to raise any flags on my website. Basically i'm getting

@Cofer257

There are many geolocation scripts and services out there, just search. Here's a PHP one for example. Usually you can get quite fine-grained location data.

As for SEO, it could harm your SEO if you block a search engine from accessing your website. Google has a limited presence in China, and Googlebot mostly (if not exclusively) operated from the USA. However other search engines like Baidu are popular.

You could first check whether the visitor is a search engine - e.g. check for "Googlebot" of "Baidu" in the user agent string. If they're not a search engine, run your geolocation check and block them if they match your target area. (Note, if they are specifically targeting your site there's a possibility they may get wise to this tactic and spoof the user agent.)

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