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InternetArchiveBot

GoodBotVerifiedBOT

InternetArchiveBot looks for URL references on Wikipedia and assesses if the URL is still alive, or delivering 404s. Operated by Internet Archive.

Operator website ↗

GoodBot

Assessment

Monitoring & Analytics

What is InternetArchiveBot?

InternetArchiveBot is a web crawler operated by Internet Archive. InternetArchiveBot looks for URL references on Wikipedia and assesses if the URL is still alive, or delivering 404s.

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Identification

Bot name

InternetArchiveBot

Operator

Internet Archive

How we rated this bot

Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.

Names itself honestly

Yes

Verified by Cloudflare

Yes

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

Why it crawls your site

InternetArchiveBot crawls websites to monitor website availability, performance, and analytics. It is operated by Internet Archive as part of their monitoring and analytics infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

Block or allow InternetArchiveBot

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for IABot/ 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 InternetArchiveBot from crawling your entire site
User-agent: IABot/
Disallow: /

# Allow InternetArchiveBot full access
User-agent: IABot/
Allow: /

Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows IABot/. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Internet Archive's documentation.