Gigabot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTGigablast is the only non-Big Tech search engine in the U.S. that uses its own search index and algorithms. Operated by Gigablast.
What is Gigabot?
Gigabot is a web crawler operated by Gigablast. Gigablast is the only non-Big Tech search engine in the U.S. that uses its own search index and algorithms. As a search engine crawler, it systematically indexes web pages to build and maintain search engine results.
Identification
GigabotWhy it crawls your site
Gigabot crawls websites to index web pages and build search engine results. It is operated by Gigablast 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 Gigabot
Add a Disallow rule for Gigabot 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 Gigabot from crawling your entire site User-agent: Gigabot Disallow: / # Allow Gigabot full access User-agent: Gigabot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Gigabot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Gigablast's documentation.
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