bingbot

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What is bingbot?

About

bingbot is a search engine crawler operated by Microsoft. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us.

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Detail

Operator Microsoft
Documentation http://bing.com/bingbot.htm

Type

Search Engine Crawler
Indexes web content for search engine results

Expected Behavior

Search engine crawlers do not adhere to a fixed visitation schedule for websites. The frequency of visits varies widely based on several factors, including popularity, the rate at which its content is updated, and the website's overall trustworthiness. Websites with fresh, high-quality content tend to be crawled more frequently, while less active or less reputable sites may be visited less often.

Insights

bingbot's Activity on Your Website

Half of your traffic probably comes from artificial agents, and there are more of them every day. Track their activity with the API or WordPress plugin.

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Other Websites

7%
of top websites are currently blocking bingbot in some way
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Access Control

Should I Block bingbot?

Probably not. Search engine crawlers power search engines, which are a useful way for users to discover your website. In fact, blocking search engine crawlers could severely reduce your traffic.

Using Robots.txt

User Agent Token Description
bingbot Should match instances of bingbot

You can block bingbot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.

# robots.txt
# This should block bingbot

User-agent: bingbot
Disallow: /

Instead of doing this manually, you can use the API or Wordpress plugin to keep your robots.txt updated with the latest known AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.

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