Citoid
What is Citoid?
About
Citoid is an uncategorized agent. If you think this is incorrect or can provide additional detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often Citoid visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
Type
Expected Behavior
Behavior will vary depending on whether this agent is a search engine crawler, data scraper, archiver, one-off fetcher, etc.
Agent Analytics
Visits to Your Website
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Top Websites
Robots.txt
Should I Block Citoid?
It's difficult to say without a type. Its purposes could either be good or bad for your website, depending on what it is.
How Do I Block Citoid?
You can block Citoid 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 |
|---|---|
Citoid |
Should match instances of Citoid |
# robots.txt
# This should block Citoid
User-agent: Citoid
Disallow: /
Recommended Solution
Instead of doing this manually, use automatic robots.txt to keep your rules updated with the latest AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.
Global Bot & LLM Traffic
Uncategorized Agents
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