bitlybot
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What is bitlybot?
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Auto-imported from crawler-user-agents: bitlybot
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Did you find bitlybot/3.0 (+http://bit.ly/) in your logs?
If you've seen bitlybot/3.0 (+http://bit.ly/) in your website logs, it indicates that bitlybot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find bitlybot/2.0 in your logs?
If you've seen bitlybot/2.0 in your website logs, it indicates that bitlybot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find bitlybot in your logs?
If you've seen bitlybot in your website logs, it indicates that bitlybot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Expected Behavior
This bot visits websites for various purposes including content analysis, data collection, or automated tasks. Its behavior may vary depending on its specific function and configuration.
Should I Block bitlybot?
This bot is marked as non-compliant, which may mean it doesn't respect robots.txt or engages in aggressive crawling behavior. You may want to consider blocking it if it's causing issues for your site.
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Get Automated Bot ManagementHow Do I Block bitlybot?
You can block this bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt file. Use Spyglasses analytics to check whether it's actually following your rules.
User Agent Tokens
bitlybotShould match instances of this botrobots.txt
# robots.txt # This should block bitlybot User-agent: bitlybot Disallow: /
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