2ip bot
What is 2ip bot?
About
2ip bot is a developer helper operated by 2IP. 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.
You can set up agent analytics to see when 2ip bot visits your website.
Detail
Operator | 2IP |
Type
Expected Behavior
Developer helpers generally visit websites on direct behalf of a user who is evaluating some feature or attribute. Visits can be one-off or part of a larger crawl.
Insights
2ip bot Visiting Your Website
Half of your traffic probably comes from artificial agents, and there are more of them every day. Track their activity with the API or WordPress plugin.
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Access Control
Should I Block 2ip bot?
Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.
Using Robots.txt
You can block 2ip bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. We recommend setting up agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
User Agent Token | Description |
---|---|
2ip bot |
Should match instances of 2ip bot |
# robots.txt
# This should block 2ip bot
User-agent: 2ip bot
Disallow: /
Instead of doing this manually, you can use the API or Wordpress plugin to keep your robots.txt updated with the latest known AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.
Set Up Automatic Robots.txt