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AppcastBot

Name: AppcastBot
Author: Appcast

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It is used for scraping our clients job postings Operated by Appcast.

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Assessment

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What is AppcastBot?

AppcastBot is a web crawler operated by Appcast, a company specializing in recruitment marketing technology. The bot is designed to collect job posting data from various sources across the web. This information is then used to help Appcast's clients manage, measure, and optimize their talent attraction strategies, ensuring efficient allocation of resources and improved hiring outcomes.

Helpful — Gathers job posting data to improve recruitment marketing.

Identification

Bot name

AppcastBot

Operator

Appcast

Why it crawls your site

AppcastBot crawls the web to gather job-related data, which is crucial for Appcast's services. By collecting and analyzing job postings, Appcast can provide insights into labor market trends, candidate behavior, and the performance of different job advertising channels. This data-driven approach enables Appcast to optimize recruitment marketing campaigns, reduce wasted spending, and ultimately help organizations attract and hire better talent. Appcast identifies itself via its user-agent and provides information about its services on its website, appcast.io.

Block or allow AppcastBot

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for AppcastParsingBot 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 AppcastBot from crawling your entire site
User-agent: AppcastParsingBot
Disallow: /

# Allow AppcastBot full access
User-agent: AppcastParsingBot
Allow: /

Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows AppcastParsingBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Appcast's documentation.