msnbot-media

What is msnbot-media?

About

msnbot-media is a search engine crawler operated by Microsoft. If you think this is incorrect or can provide additional detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often msnbot-media visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.

Expected Behavior

Search engine crawlers do not adhere to a fixed visitation schedule for websites. The frequency of visits varies widely based on several factors, including popularity, the rate at which its content is updated, and the website's overall trustworthiness. Websites with fresh, high-quality content tend to be crawled more frequently, while less active or less reputable sites may be visited less often.

Type

Search Engine Crawler
Indexes web content for search engine results

Detail

Operated By Microsoft
Last Updated 13 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

1%
1% of top websites are blocking msnbot-media
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Country of Origin

United States
msnbot-media normally visits from the United States

Global Traffic

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The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Search Engine Crawlers

Top Visited Website Categories

Health
Online Communities
Home and Garden
People and Society
Hobbies and Leisure
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Robots.txt

Should I Block msnbot-media?

Probably not. Search engine crawlers power search engines, which are a useful way for users to discover your website. In fact, blocking search engine crawlers could severely reduce your traffic.

How Do I Block msnbot-media?

⚠️ Manual Robots.txt Edits Are Not Scalable
New agents are created every day. Instead, serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks new agents automatically.
Set Up Automatic Robots.txt

You can block msnbot-media 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 String msnbot-media/1.1 ( http://search.msn.com/msnbot.htm) 
# robots.txt
# This should block msnbot-media

User-agent: msnbot-media
Disallow: /

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