Hatena

Operated by Hatena. Last seen today.

What is Hatena?

About

Hatena is a fetcher operated by Hatena. 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.

Type

Fetcher

Fetches web content on behalf of an app

Expected Behavior

Fetchers visit websites on-demand. They're normally dispatched by apps to present metadata about a link (e.g. the title and thumbnail image) to a user.

Insights

Other Websites

of top websites are currently blocking Hatena in some way

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Access Control

Should I Block Hatena?

Probably not. If you block a fetcher, it won't be able to fetch the metadata it needs to display a link preview. Fewer people will click on the link to your website without this.

Using Robots.txt

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

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

# robots.txt
# This blocks Hatena

User-agent: Hatena
Disallow: /

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

Get the Robots.txt