MediavineMetadataParser
What is MediavineMetadataParser?
About
MediavineMetadataParser is Mediavine's content analysis tool for their Grow platform that enables publishers to add bookmarking, social sharing, and search functionality to their sites. You can see how often MediavineMetadataParser visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
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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| Operated By | Mediavine |
| Last Updated | 18 hours ago |
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Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Intelligence Gatherers
Robots.txt
Should I Block MediavineMetadataParser?
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 MediavineMetadataParser?
You can block MediavineMetadataParser 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.
# robots.txt
# This should block MediavineMetadataParser
User-agent: MediavineMetadataParser
Disallow: /