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KakaoTalk Scrap

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The KakaoTalk scrap server collects and processes webpage data to create optimized previews for URLs. Operated by Kakao.

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Assessment

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What is KakaoTalk Scrap?

KakaoTalk Scrap is a web crawler operated by Kakao. The KakaoTalk scrap server collects and processes webpage data to create optimized previews for URLs.

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

Identification

Bot name

KakaoTalk Scrap

Operator

Kakao

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

KakaoTalk Scrap crawls websites to generate link previews and thumbnails for shared URLs. It is operated by Kakao 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 KakaoTalk Scrap

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for kakaotalk-scrap 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 KakaoTalk Scrap from crawling your entire site
User-agent: kakaotalk-scrap
Disallow: /

# Allow KakaoTalk Scrap full access
User-agent: kakaotalk-scrap
Allow: /