PressEngine Bot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTThe PressEngine Bot verifies coverage created by video games press as genuine and their own creation. When a member of the video games press is granted a review key for a video game they will create an article, known in the industry as "coverage". When they submit a URL to us as "coverage" we automatically verify this URL exists and is viewable. This automated code announces itself as the PressEngine Bot. Operated by PressEngine.
What is PressEngine Bot?
PressEngine Bot is a web crawler operated by PressEngine. The PressEngine Bot verifies coverage created by video games press as genuine and their own creation. When a member of the video games press is granted a review key for a video game they will create an article, known in the industry as "coverage". When they submit a URL to us as "coverage" we automatically verify this URL exists and is viewable. This automated code announces itself as the PressEngine Bot.
Identification
PressEngineBotWhy it crawls your site
PressEngine Bot crawls websites to generate link previews and thumbnails for shared URLs. It is operated by PressEngine 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 PressEngine Bot
Add a Disallow rule for PressEngineBot 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 PressEngine Bot from crawling your entire site User-agent: PressEngineBot Disallow: / # Allow PressEngine Bot full access User-agent: PressEngineBot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows PressEngineBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to PressEngine's documentation.
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