Gary Illyes from Google is again and this time he stated that these “Checking if the location connection is safe” interstitials you see on some websites, a few of the time, is the “final search-friendly issues you are able to do.”
It is a function that CloudFlare, and different CDNs have, to assist stop spammy bots from hurting your server. Here’s what the interstitial seems to be like on ChatGPT, the place you see it so much, however I’ve seen it on many websites over time and I’ve even turned it on for this website for brief durations of instances throughout excessive conditions.
Earlier than you’ll be able to entry the location’s content material or web page, generally it’s essential to validate you aren’t a bot. Which is why I attempt to by no means ever have this message come up. In CloudFlare you’ll be able to configure how strict you need this immediate to be and I hold it on the lowest stage. However some websites don’t and I suppose for Google, it will possibly trigger points.
Gary Illyes posted on LinkedIn:
You understand these interstitial pages some CDNs inject now and again earlier than serving your URLs? They’re alleged to test if the accessor is, by some definition, licensed to entry that URL. Yeah, they’re one of many final search-friendly issues you are able to do.
Here is the way it seems to be like when I attempt to render a web page serviced by a CDN that gives such safety. Now think about what occurs if all pages in your website appear to be this after rendering.
So do your greatest to by no means present this message, when you can. Generally your website is simply being hammered by spammy bots and it’s essential to do one thing to dam them within the quick time period (together with blocking rouge IPs) however more often than not you possible don’t want this turned on all the best way.
Discussion board dialogue at LinkedIn.
