Feedly
GoodBotVerifiedBOTA feed aggregator service that periodically polls RSS and Atom feeds to deliver content updates to Feedly users. Operated by Feedly.
What is Feedly?
Feedly operates a distributed fetcher service designed to aggregate and refresh RSS and Atom feeds for its user base. By acting as a proxy for individual subscribers, the service ensures that content is updated in real-time or near-real-time across the Feedly cloud platform. It is a highly specialized tool that focuses exclusively on syndication formats rather than general-purpose web indexing.
Identification
Feedly/1Why it crawls your site
The bot crawls specifically to fulfill user-initiated requests to monitor and read external websites via feed subscriptions. Because it functions as a direct agent for the end-user, Feedly explicitly states that it does not adhere to robots.txt protocols, arguing that it is simply retrieving content that the user has already requested to see. Site owners can verify the bot's activity through its consistent 'Feedly/1.0' user-agent string.
Block or allow Feedly
Add a Disallow rule for Feedly/1 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 Feedly from crawling your entire site User-agent: Feedly/1 Disallow: / # Allow Feedly full access User-agent: Feedly/1 Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Feedly/1. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Feedly's documentation.
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