Bing Preview
GoodBotVerifiedBOTBingPreview generates page snapshots for Bing. Note that BingPreview has desktop and mobile variants. Operated by Microsoft.
What is Bing Preview?
Bing Preview is a web crawler operated by Microsoft. BingPreview generates page snapshots for Bing. Note that BingPreview has desktop and mobile variants.
Identification
BingPreviewWhy it crawls your site
Bing Preview crawls websites to generate link previews and thumbnails for shared URLs. It is operated by Microsoft as part of their link preview infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
IP ranges
Requests from Bing Preview 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.
Block or allow Bing Preview
Add a Disallow rule for BingPreview 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 Bing Preview from crawling your entire site User-agent: BingPreview Disallow: / # Allow Bing Preview full access User-agent: BingPreview Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows BingPreview. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Microsoft's documentation.
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Related bots
Other crawlers operated by Microsoft.
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