What Is 2ip bot?

2ip bot is a developer helper operated by 2IP. If you think this is incorrect or can provide additional detail about its purpose, please let us know. You can see how often 2ip bot visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics.

Agent Type

Developer Helper
Used by developers to test website functionality

Expected Behavior

Developer helpers are tools that monitor, test, or analyze websites on behalf of developers and site operators. They perform tasks like uptime monitoring, performance testing, and accessibility checks. Traffic patterns vary widely. Some tools make regular scheduled checks (such as uptime monitors pinging every few minutes), while others perform one-time scans triggered by a human. These helpers typically access specific pages or endpoints rather than crawling entire sites, though comprehensive audit tools may scan multiple pages.

Detail

Operated By 2IP
Last Updated 9 hours ago

Top Website Robots.txts

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0% of top websites are blocking 2ip bot
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Country of Origin

Netherlands
2ip bot normally visits from Netherlands

Top Website Blocking Trend Over Time

The percentage of the world's top 1000 websites who are blocking 2ip bot

Overall Developer Helper Traffic

The percentage of all internet traffic coming from developer helpers

Top Visited Website Categories

Law and Government
Games
Arts and Entertainment
People and Society
Jobs and Education
How Do I Get These Insights for My Website?
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User Agent String

Example 2ip bot/1.1 (+https://2ip.io)

Robots.txt

In this example, all pages are blocked. You can customize which pages are off-limits by swapping out / for a different disallowed path.

User-agent: 2ip bot # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/2ip-bot
Disallow: /
How Do I Block All Developer Helpers?
⚠️ Manually copying and pasting this rule is not scalable, because new developer helpers are added every day. Instead, serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks all of them automatically.

Frequently Asked Questions About 2ip bot

Should I Block 2ip bot?

Generally no. Developer helpers provide valuable services like uptime monitoring, performance testing, and accessibility auditing. They also help maintain website quality and user experience. Only block them if they're causing server issues or you don't need the monitoring services.

How Do I Block 2ip bot?

If you want to, you can block or limit 2ip bot's access by configuring user agent token rules in your robots.txt file. The best way to do this is using Automatic Robots.txt, which blocks all agents of this type and updates continuously as new agents are released. While the vast majority of agents operated by reputable companies honor these robots.txt directives, bad actors may choose to ignore them entirely. In that case, you'll need to implement alternative blocking methods such as firewall rules or server-level restrictions. You can verify whether 2ip bot is respecting your rules by setting up Agent Analytics to monitor its visits to your website.

Will Blocking 2ip bot Hurt My SEO?

Blocking developer helpers won't directly impact SEO rankings, but these tools often monitor site performance, uptime, and accessibility, which are factors that indirectly affect search performance. Losing access to monitoring data could make it harder to identify and fix SEO-impacting technical issues.

Does 2ip bot Access Private Content?

Developer helpers typically operate within the scope they're configured for by their users. Most focus on publicly accessible pages for monitoring and testing, but some may be granted access to staging environments, administrative panels, or other private areas if authorized by the site owner. The scope is usually limited to what the developer or organization has explicitly configured.

How Can I Tell if 2ip bot Is Visiting My Website?

Setting up Agent Analytics will give you realtime visibility into 2ip bot visiting your website, along with hundreds of other AI agents, crawlers, and scrapers. This will also let you measure human traffic to your website coming from AI search and chat LLM platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.

Why Is 2ip bot Visiting My Website?

2ip bot is accessing your site because someone configured it to monitor, test, or analyze your website. This could be your own team using monitoring tools, or a third-party service that was given your URL for performance testing, uptime monitoring, or other development purposes.

How Can I Authenticate Visits From 2ip bot?

Agent Analytics authenticates agent visits from many agents, letting you know whether each one was actually from that agent, or spoofed by a bad actor. This helps you identify suspicious traffic patterns and make informed decisions about blocking or allowing specific user agents.