DuckDuckBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTDuckDuckBot is the search engine crawler for the DuckDuckGo search engine. Operated by DuckDuckGo.
What is DuckDuckBot?
DuckDuckBot is a web crawler operated by DuckDuckGo. DuckDuckBot is the search engine crawler for the DuckDuckGo search engine. As a search engine crawler, it systematically indexes web pages to build and maintain search engine results.
Identification
DuckDuckBotWhy it crawls your site
DuckDuckBot crawls websites to index web pages and build search engine results. It is operated by DuckDuckGo as part of their search engine infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow DuckDuckBot
Add a Disallow rule for DuckDuckBot 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 DuckDuckBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: DuckDuckBot Disallow: / # Allow DuckDuckBot full access User-agent: DuckDuckBot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows DuckDuckBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to DuckDuckGo's documentation.
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From the community
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Related bots
Other crawlers operated by DuckDuckGo.
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