I am working on a simple static website that gives visitors basic information about myself and the work I do. I want this as a way use to introduce myself to potential clients, collaborators, etc., rather than rely solely on LinkedIn as my visiting card.
This may seem sound rather oxymoronic given that I am literally going to be placing (some relevant) details about myself and my work on the internet, but I want to limit the websites’ access from bots, web scraping and content collection for LLMs.
Is the a realistic expectation?
Also, any suggestions on privacy respecting, yet inexpensive domains that I can purchase in Europe would be of super great help.
I’m just gonna address the domain question.
ccTLD’s for countries that are members of the EU usually have pretty strong privacy protection, especially if you are buying as an individual.
.de (Germany) is probably the cheapest (3-4€) but if you’re not a resident you will need the registrar to arrange a mailing address for you for a small fee (another 3€ or so). Still going to be a pretty low price.
.nl is another cheap option, without any residency requirement.
The only issue with both is that you can only buy for one year at a time.
The owner’s details in the registry are never published. Legit requests in case of abuse etc. need to go through the registry.