ImagesiftBot

Last updated 8 hours ago.

What is ImagesiftBot?

About

ImagesiftBot is an intelligence gatherer operated by Hive. 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 see how often ImagesiftBot visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.

Detail

Operator Hive
Documentation https://imagesift.com/about

Type

Intelligence Gatherer
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Expected Behavior

The behavior of intelligence gatherers depends on the goals of their clients. For example, a client might be interested in brand sentiment, in which case the agent would crawl related social media or blog posts at a more frequent rate than unrelated websites.

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Top Websites

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Robots.txt

Should I Block ImagesiftBot?

Probably not, especially if you benefit from an intelligence gathering service yourself. However, you might choose to block them if you're concerned about things like server resource usage.

How Do I Block ImagesiftBot?

You can block ImagesiftBot 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
ImagesiftBot Should match instances of ImagesiftBot
# robots.txt
# This should block ImagesiftBot

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
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.

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