ImagesiftBot

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ImagesiftBot is a web crawler associated with the reverse image search service, Imagesift, accessible at imagesift.com . This bot systematically scans the internet to identify duplicates and variants of images across various websites. Its user-agent string is: The bot was first detected on August 2, 2024, and has been observed accessing numerous websites to collect image data. For instance, on February 11, 2024, it was reported to be accessing image files across different websites. ( github.com ) ImagesiftBot's activities are generally considered legitimate, as it operates in line with the services provided by Imagesift. However, website administrators may choose to block the bot if they prefer not to have their images indexed by the service. Operated by ImageSift.

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Assessment

Uncategorized

Identification

Bot name

ImagesiftBot

Operator

ImageSift

How we rated this bot

Identifies itself honestly, and we found no credible reports of abuse.

Names itself honestly

Yes

Verified by Cloudflare

Says it follows robots.txt and opt-outs

Not stated

Ignores site rules

None found

Disguises itself or evades blocks

None found

Overloads sites

None found

How widely people complain

No complaint about this bot in the evidence

Reddit discussion

There is no Reddit discussion of this bot in the evidence

What we read

IP ranges

Requests from ImagesiftBot originate from these published ranges. For strict verification, match the source IP against this list in addition to checking the user-agent and reverse-DNS.

Showing 24 of 163 ranges

Block or allow ImagesiftBot

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ImagesiftBot; +imagesift.com) 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 ImagesiftBot from crawling your entire site
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ImagesiftBot; +imagesift.com)
Disallow: /

# Allow ImagesiftBot full access
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; ImagesiftBot; +imagesift.com)
Allow: /