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Using a placeholder page is an effective method to protect against bots that can damage the domain. Its operation principle is both simple and elegant. The main idea involves a click-through mechanism: access to the site is blocked without clicking a specific button and passing additional verification. The button contains a redirect that a bot, due to the nature of its requests, cannot complete. This method ensures that a 100% live person will not be erroneously filtered out — any legitimate button press will grant access to the site.

Such a protection method guarantees that the main content of the site remains inaccessible to bots: they cannot parse data or see the code, which becomes available only after successfully passing through the placeholder. This makes the placeholder page a reliable tool in combating unwanted traffic and protecting the site's content.