Zvelo
GoodBotVerifiedBOTZvelo operates a web-crawling engine that analyzes and categorizes website content to power security, web filtering, and brand safety solutions. Operated by zvelo, Inc..
What is Zvelo?
Zvelo is a cybersecurity intelligence company that maintains a massive, real-time database of URL classifications. Their crawlers systematically visit websites to analyze content, structure, and security posture, which is then used by network security vendors, SASE providers, and ad-tech platforms to enforce safety policies. By categorizing the web into hundreds of distinct topics and threat levels, Zvelo enables organizations to block malicious domains and ensure brand-safe environments for digital advertising.
Identification
Why it crawls your site
The bot crawls the internet to populate the zveloDB™ URL database, which serves as the backbone for their real-time classification engine (zveloCAT™). By analyzing page content, the bot identifies potential security risks like phishing, malware, or inappropriate content, allowing security products to make informed blocking decisions. Website owners can verify the bot's activity by checking the source IP against zvelo's published infrastructure or by reviewing the User-Agent string provided in their official documentation.
Block or allow Zvelo
Add a Disallow rule for 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 Zvelo from crawling your entire site User-agent: Disallow: / # Allow Zvelo full access User-agent: Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows . Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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