SurdotlyBot

Operated by Sur.ly. Last seen today.

What is SurdotlyBot?

About

SurdotlyBot is a fetcher operated by Sur.ly. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us.

Detail

Website http://sur.ly/bot.html

Type

Fetcher
Fetches web content on behalf of an app

Expected Behavior

Fetchers visit websites on-demand. They're normally dispatched by apps to present metadata about a link (e.g. the title and thumbnail image) to a user.

Insights

Other Websites

0%
of top websites are currently blocking SurdotlyBot in some way
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Access Control

Should I Block SurdotlyBot?

Probably not. If you block a fetcher, it won't be able to fetch the metadata it needs to display a link preview. Fewer people will click on the link to your website without this.

Using Robots.txt

User Agent Token Description
SurdotlyBot Should match instances of SurdotlyBot

You can block SurdotlyBot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.

# robots.txt
# This blocks SurdotlyBot

User-agent: SurdotlyBot
Disallow: /

Instead of doing this manually, you can generate your robots.txt automatically using the free API or Wordpress plugin.

Get the Robots.txt