NitroBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTWe run a cloud based site speed optimization solution. As such, we need to make requests to our clients' sites in order to fetch the content that needs to be optimized. We have several sub systems that can fire requests and each one can be identified based on the user agent suffix. Operated by NitroPack Ltd.
What is NitroBot?
NitroBot is a web crawler operated by NitroPack Ltd. We run a cloud based site speed optimization solution. As such, we need to make requests to our clients' sites in order to fetch the content that needs to be optimized. We have several sub systems that can fire requests and each one can be identified based on the user agent suffix.
Identification
Nitro-Why it crawls your site
NitroBot crawls websites to analyze search engine optimization factors and backlinks. It is operated by NitroPack Ltd as part of their SEO analysis infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow NitroBot
Add a Disallow rule for Nitro- 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 NitroBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: Nitro- Disallow: / # Allow NitroBot full access User-agent: Nitro- Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Nitro-. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to NitroPack Ltd's documentation.
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