NewsBlur

Operated by NewsBlur. Last seen today.

What is NewsBlur?

About

NewsBlur is a fetcher operated by NewsBlur. 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

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

of top websites are currently blocking NewsBlur in some way

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Access Control

Should I Block NewsBlur?

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
`NewsBlur`	Should match instances of NewsBlur

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

# robots.txt
# This blocks NewsBlur

User-agent: NewsBlur
Disallow: /

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

Get the Robots.txt