Internet Archive
What is Internet Archive?
About
Internet Archive is an archiver operated by Internet Archive. 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 Internet Archive visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
Detail
| Operator | Internet Archive |
Type
Expected Behavior
Archivers visit websites on a roughly regular cadence, since snapshots are more useful when they're regularly spaced out. Popular websites will have more frequent visits since they are more likely to be queried in the historical database in the future.
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Top Websites
Robots.txt
Should I Block Internet Archive?
It's up to you. Digital archiving is generally done to preserve a historical record. If you don't want to be part of that record for some reason, you can block archivers.
How Do I Block Internet Archive?
You can block Internet Archive 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 |
|---|---|
Internet Archive |
Should match instances of Internet Archive |
# robots.txt
# This should block Internet Archive
User-agent: Internet Archive
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
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