SeznamBot/4.0
UndecidedCommunity-sourcedSeznamBot is the web crawler used by Seznam.cz, a prominent Czech search engine. Its primary function is to systematically browse the internet, indexing content to enhance search result relevance. The user agent string for SeznamBot/4.0 is: This string identifies SeznamBot/4.0 to web servers. The crawler adheres to the robots.txt standard, allowing website owners to control which parts of their site are accessible to bots. For instance, to prevent SeznamBot from accessing the entire site, a website's robots.txt file would include: Additionally, SeznamBot recognizes non-standard directives in the robots.txt file, such as the Allow directive, which explicitly permits access to specific URLs. For example, to allow SeznamBot to access only the /A/ directory and its subdirectories, while disallowing the /A/B/ subdirectory, the robots.txt file would contain: SeznamBot also supports the Request-rate directive, enabling website owners to specify the number of documents SeznamBot can download within a given time period, helping to prevent server overload. For example, to allow SeznamBot to download up to 10 documents per minute, the robots.txt file would include: For more detailed information on controlling SeznamBot's crawling behavior, you can refer to Seznam's official documentation. ( napoveda.seznam.cz )
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IP ranges
Requests from SeznamBot/4.0 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 SeznamBot/4.0
Add a Disallow rule for Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeznamBot/4.0; +https://o-seznam.cz/napoveda/vyhledavani/en/seznambot-crawler/) 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 SeznamBot/4.0 from crawling your entire site User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeznamBot/4.0; +https://o-seznam.cz/napoveda/vyhledavani/en/seznambot-crawler/) Disallow: / # Allow SeznamBot/4.0 full access User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeznamBot/4.0; +https://o-seznam.cz/napoveda/vyhledavani/en/seznambot-crawler/) Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeznamBot/4.0; +https://o-seznam.cz/napoveda/vyhledavani/en/seznambot-crawler/). Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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