diff --git a/content/post/2017-11.md b/content/post/2017-11.md
index c50d53fb1..785398ea3 100644
--- a/content/post/2017-11.md
+++ b/content/post/2017-11.md
@@ -453,3 +453,24 @@ proxy_set_header User-Agent $ua;
 - I will deploy this on CGSpace later this week
 - I am interested to check how this affects the number of sessions used by the CIAT and Chinese bots (see above on [2017-11-07](#2017-11-07) for example)
 - I merged the clickable thumbnails code to `5_x-prod` ([#347](https://github.com/ilri/DSpace/pull/347)) and will deploy it later along with the new bot mapping stuff (and re-run the Asible `nginx` and `tomcat` tags)
+- I was thinking about Baidu again and decided to see how many requests they have versus Google to URL paths that are explicitly forbidden in `robots.txt`:
+
+```
+# zgrep Baiduspider /var/log/nginx/access.log* | grep -c -E "GET /(browse|discover|search-filter)"
+22229
+# zgrep Googlebot /var/log/nginx/access.log* | grep -c -E "GET /(browse|discover|search-filter)"
+0
+```
+
+- It seems that they rarely even bother checking `robots.txt`, but Google does multiple times per day!
+
+```
+# zgrep Baiduspider /var/log/nginx/access.log* | grep -c robots.txt 
+14
+# zgrep Googlebot  /var/log/nginx/access.log* | grep -c robots.txt 
+1134
+```
+
+- I have been looking for a reason to ban Baidu and this is definitely a good one
+- Disallowing `Baiduspider` in `robots.txt` probably won't work because this bot doesn't seem to respect the robot exclusion standard anyways!
+- I will whip up something in nginx later
diff --git a/public/2017-11/index.html b/public/2017-11/index.html
index 74434c2fe..92d4ce565 100644
--- a/public/2017-11/index.html
+++ b/public/2017-11/index.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ COPY 54701
 
 <meta property="article:published_time" content="2017-11-02T09:37:54&#43;02:00"/>
 
-<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-11-08T14:26:08&#43;02:00"/>
+<meta property="article:modified_time" content="2017-11-08T15:20:49&#43;02:00"/>
 
 
 
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ COPY 54701
   "@type": "BlogPosting",
   "headline": "November, 2017",
   "url": "https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/2017-11/",
-  "wordCount": "2568",
+  "wordCount": "2694",
   "datePublished": "2017-11-02T09:37:54&#43;02:00",
-  "dateModified": "2017-11-08T14:26:08&#43;02:00",
+  "dateModified": "2017-11-08T15:20:49&#43;02:00",
   "author": {
     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Alan Orth"
@@ -651,6 +651,29 @@ proxy_set_header User-Agent $ua;
 <li>I will deploy this on CGSpace later this week</li>
 <li>I am interested to check how this affects the number of sessions used by the CIAT and Chinese bots (see above on <a href="#2017-11-07">2017-11-07</a> for example)</li>
 <li>I merged the clickable thumbnails code to <code>5_x-prod</code> (<a href="https://github.com/ilri/DSpace/pull/347">#347</a>) and will deploy it later along with the new bot mapping stuff (and re-run the Asible <code>nginx</code> and <code>tomcat</code> tags)</li>
+<li>I was thinking about Baidu again and decided to see how many requests they have versus Google to URL paths that are explicitly forbidden in <code>robots.txt</code>:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code># zgrep Baiduspider /var/log/nginx/access.log* | grep -c -E &quot;GET /(browse|discover|search-filter)&quot;
+22229
+# zgrep Googlebot /var/log/nginx/access.log* | grep -c -E &quot;GET /(browse|discover|search-filter)&quot;
+0
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>It seems that they rarely even bother checking <code>robots.txt</code>, but Google does multiple times per day!</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code># zgrep Baiduspider /var/log/nginx/access.log* | grep -c robots.txt 
+14
+# zgrep Googlebot  /var/log/nginx/access.log* | grep -c robots.txt 
+1134
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>I have been looking for a reason to ban Baidu and this is definitely a good one</li>
+<li>Disallowing <code>Baiduspider</code> in <code>robots.txt</code> probably won&rsquo;t work because this bot doesn&rsquo;t seem to respect the robot exclusion standard anyways!</li>
+<li>I will whip up something in nginx later</li>
 </ul>
 
   
diff --git a/public/sitemap.xml b/public/sitemap.xml
index 2543b8cb5..f3652377d 100644
--- a/public/sitemap.xml
+++ b/public/sitemap.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/2017-11/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-11-08T14:26:08+02:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-11-08T15:20:49+02:00</lastmod>
   </url>
   
   <url>
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-11-08T14:26:08+02:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-11-08T15:20:49+02:00</lastmod>
     <priority>0</priority>
   </url>
   
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/tags/notes/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-11-08T14:26:08+02:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-11-08T15:20:49+02:00</lastmod>
     <priority>0</priority>
   </url>
   
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/post/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-11-08T14:26:08+02:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-11-08T15:20:49+02:00</lastmod>
     <priority>0</priority>
   </url>
   
   <url>
     <loc>https://alanorth.github.io/cgspace-notes/tags/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2017-11-08T14:26:08+02:00</lastmod>
+    <lastmod>2017-11-08T15:20:49+02:00</lastmod>
     <priority>0</priority>
   </url>