Quote Originally Posted by brin351 View Post
Let us know if you come up with a good compromise. I sympathize with you because I've been ask to stop scraping of data and I couldn't stop myself doing it without comprimising SEO or app scalability.
You have also hit the nail of the head Most likely anything that you put in place to make it hard for these bots that you have identified is going to make it hard for legitimate bots, as used by google.

Gary