SeekportBot
UndecidedCommunity-sourcedSeekportBot is the web crawler for Seekport, a public, free, and independent search engine. Operated by SISTRIX since December 2014, Seekport does not store user data, profile users, or display advertising, ensuring unbiased search results. The SeekportBot identifies itself with the user agent string: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeekportBot; +https://bot.seekport.com) . It adheres to the directives in the robots.txt file, including respecting the Crawl-Delay directive to manage its crawling frequency. A comprehensive and up-to-date list of IP addresses used by SeekportBot is available on their website. If you wish to control SeekportBot's access to your website, you can adjust your robots.txt file accordingly. For example, to set a crawl delay of 2 seconds, add: To prevent SeekportBot from crawling your site entirely, add: After updating your robots.txt file, it may take some time for SeekportBot to recognize and adhere to the new directives. For further inquiries or assistance regarding SeekportBot, you can contact them at [email protected].
Identification
IP ranges
Requests from SeekportBot 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.
Block or allow SeekportBot
Add a Disallow rule for Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeekportBot; +https://bot.seekport.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 SeekportBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeekportBot; +https://bot.seekport.com) Disallow: / # Allow SeekportBot full access User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeekportBot; +https://bot.seekport.com) Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeekportBot; +https://bot.seekport.com). Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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