Blocking Googlebot but not Mediabot

Getting more stable traffic

[mattg3]

Since Google traffic is becoming increasingly more unstable, I would like to have a site not depending on Google traffic at all, but still showing adsense.

So can I block Googlebot but not Mediabot?

User-Agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /

Should still leave the Mediabot through, or?

I understand that Gbot would have access to that content through their new cache but should still obey robots.txt I assume.

This is simply a move to stabilise my business, I need predictable business and no erratic traffic.

I am getting old, I can't take all this Google going through changes and everflux anymore. Last month saw now the highest the lowest traffic, completely random.

It's a good old domain name and people are coming through it through typing in the url.

Found a starter on this here,
[webmasterworld.com...]

posted by pixellion but no definite answer.

[zCat]

Matt Cutt's blog has some interesting infos:
[mattcutts.com...]

But why not just treat visits via Google as an added bonus? It's what I do on some of my sites which have fallen victim to the Black Magic which passes for the algorithm these days.

[mattg3]

But why not just treat visits via Google as an added bonus?

An example: We used to get steadily increasing traffic. During one of the last updates the server was so overloaded by G traffic that we had to lease extra hardware. Then it dropped one day, making above 12 month server lease commitment a bit of a liability.

[Fuzzyfish1000]

Hmm. I'd never consider a new server lease a liability; presumably, it makes your site run faster, and if your traffic does increase again, you'll be well prepared.

[mattg3]

and costs money ..

[mattg3]

The point from my perspective is, that servers mostly come with a minimum contract length, that is way above G updates.

So if I book a server say for a 12 month period I will have [and had] now several Google updates within that period.

I go with my business practice:
1.) minimise costs
2.) minimise risks
3.) diversify

which usually results in some form of income for me.

I can of course use point 4.) expand, but if I can combine this with point 1.) I have more money.