1. We identify ourselves very clearly in our request header through our user-agent, including a link to our website.  It's not "savvy" to look for this.  It's basic webmaster knowledge.<p>2. Per another commenter, I can see how the language may be confusing; we'll change it.<p>3. Webmasters tend to rush to grab their pitchforks instead of thinking things through.  We follow all the standard, accepted rules.<p>4. Some people may not want to use your API because they are interested in more than just your site.  Crawling is a one-stop solution to get information from a ton of sites, instead of implementing an API for a single site that is just one data point on the web.