ImagesiftBot

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ImagesiftBot is a web crawler associated with the reverse image search service, Imagesift, accessible at imagesift.com . This bot systematically scans the internet to identify duplicates and variants of images across various websites. Its user-agent string is: The bot was first detected on August 2, 2024, and has been observed accessing numerous websites to collect image data. For instance, on February 11, 2024, it was reported to be accessing image files across different websites. ( github.com ) ImagesiftBot's activities are generally considered legitimate, as it operates in line with the services provided by Imagesift. However, website administrators may choose to block the bot if they prefer not to have their images indexed by the service.

Operator website ↗

Undecided

Assessment

Uncategorized

Identification

Bot name

ImagesiftBot

IP ranges

Requests from ImagesiftBot originate from these published ranges. For strict verification, match the source IP against this list in addition to checking the user-agent and reverse-DNS.

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Block or allow ImagesiftBot

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ImagesiftBot; +imagesift.com) in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.

# Block ImagesiftBot from crawling your entire site
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ImagesiftBot; +imagesift.com)
Disallow: /

# Allow ImagesiftBot full access
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ImagesiftBot; +imagesift.com)
Allow: /