Dataprovider.com
What is Dataprovider.com?
About
Dataprovider.com is a scraper operated by Dataprovider.com. 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 Dataprovider.com visits your website.
Detail
Operator | Dataprovider.com |
Type
Expected Behavior
Due to the wide variety of use cases, there's no way to accurately predict visitation behavior. Scrapers are notorious for ignoring robots.txt rules and accessing disallowed content. This is especially true if they're dispatched to achieve a specific goal rather than for some general purpose.
Insights
Dataprovider.com 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 Dataprovider.com?
Probably. Scrapers usually download publicly available internet content, which is freely accessible by default. However, you might want to block them if you don't want your content to be used for unauthorized purposes.
Using Robots.txt
You can block Dataprovider.com 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 |
---|---|
Dataprovider.com |
Should match instances of Dataprovider.com |
# robots.txt
# This should block Dataprovider.com
User-agent: Dataprovider.com
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