NetcraftSurveyAgent
What is NetcraftSurveyAgent?
About
NetcraftSurveyAgent is an intelligence gatherer operated by Netcraft. 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.
Type
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.
Insights
Other Websites
Access Control
Should I Block NetcraftSurveyAgent?
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.
Using Robots.txt
| User Agent Token | Description |
|---|---|
NetcraftSurveyAgent |
Should match instances of NetcraftSurveyAgent |
You can block NetcraftSurveyAgent or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.
# robots.txt
# This blocks NetcraftSurveyAgent
User-agent: NetcraftSurveyAgent
Disallow: /