BingPreview

Operated by Microsoft. Last seen today.

What is BingPreview?

About

BingPreview is a developer helper operated by Microsoft. 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://bing.com/bingbot.htm

Type

Developer Helper

Used by developers to test website functionality

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

Other Websites

of top websites are currently blocking BingPreview in some way

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Access Control

Should I Block BingPreview?

Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.

Using Robots.txt

User Agent Token	Description
`BingPreview`	Should match instances of BingPreview

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

# robots.txt
# This blocks BingPreview

User-agent: BingPreview
Disallow: /

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

Get the Robots.txt