Scour RSS Bot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTA personalized RSS feed reader that uses AI/ML to surface content that matches user interests. Operated by Scour.
What is Scour RSS Bot?
Scour RSS Bot is a web crawler operated by Scour. A personalized RSS feed reader that uses AI/ML to surface content that matches user interests.
Identification
scour.ingWhy it crawls your site
Scour RSS Bot crawls websites to fetch RSS and Atom feeds for content aggregation. It is operated by Scour as part of their feed aggregation infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow Scour RSS Bot
Add a Disallow rule for scour.ing 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 Scour RSS Bot from crawling your entire site User-agent: scour.ing Disallow: / # Allow Scour RSS Bot full access User-agent: scour.ing Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows scour.ing. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Scour's documentation.
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