archive.org_bot
What is archive.org_bot?
About
archive.org_bot is an archiver operated by Internet Archive. 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. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to see how often archive.org_bot visits your website.
Detail
| Operator | Internet Archive |
| Documentation | http://archive.org/details/archive.org_bot |
Type
Expected Behavior
Archivers visit websites on a roughly regular cadence, since snapshots are more useful when they're regularly spaced out. Popular websites will have more frequent visits since they are more likely to be queried in the historical database in the future.
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Robots.txt
Should I Block archive.org_bot?
It's up to you. Digital archiving is generally done to preserve a historical record. If you don't want to be part of that record for some reason, you can block archivers.
How Do I Block archive.org_bot?
You can block archive.org_bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
| User Agent Token | Description |
|---|---|
archive.org_bot |
Should match instances of archive.org_bot |
# robots.txt
# This should block archive.org_bot
User-agent: archive.org_bot
Disallow: /
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