Mail.RU_Bot

Operated by VK. Last seen today.

What is Mail.RU_Bot?

About

Mail.RU_Bot is a fetcher operated by VK. 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.

Detail

Website https://help.mail.ru/webmaster/indexing/robots

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

1%
of top websites are currently blocking Mail.RU_Bot in some way
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Access Control

Should I Block Mail.RU_Bot?

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
Mail.RU_Bot Should match instances of Mail.RU_Bot

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

# robots.txt
# This blocks Mail.RU_Bot

User-agent: Mail.RU_Bot
Disallow: /

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

Get the Robots.txt