Embedly
GoodBotVerifiedBOTEmbedly link preview service (operated by Medium) that fetches metadata and embeds for URLs. Operated by Embedly.
What is Embedly?
Embedly is a web crawler operated by Embedly. Embedly link preview service (operated by Medium) that fetches metadata and embeds for URLs.
Identification
EmbedlyWhy it crawls your site
Embedly crawls websites to generate link previews and thumbnails for shared URLs. It is operated by Embedly as part of their link preview infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow Embedly
Add a Disallow rule for Embedly 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 Embedly from crawling your entire site User-agent: Embedly Disallow: / # Allow Embedly full access User-agent: Embedly Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Embedly. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Embedly's documentation.
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