Offline Explorer

Last updated 16 hours ago.

Offline Explorer is a scraper operated by MetaProducts. 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. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to see how often Offline Explorer visits your website.

Detail

Operator

MetaProducts

Type

Scraper

Downloads web content for possibly malicious purposes

Expected Behavior

Due to the wide variety of use cases, there's no way to accurately predict visitation behavior. Scrapers are notorious for ignoring robots.txt rules and accessing disallowed content. This is especially true if they're dispatched to achieve a specific goal rather than for some general purpose.

Analytics

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Other Websites

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Robots.txt

Should I Block Offline Explorer?

Probably. Scrapers usually download publicly available internet content, which is freely accessible by default. However, you might want to block them if you don't want your content to be used for unauthorized purposes.

How Do I Block Offline Explorer?

You can block Offline Explorer 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 Token	Description
`Offline Explorer`	Should match instances of Offline Explorer

# robots.txt
# This should block Offline Explorer

User-agent: Offline Explorer
Disallow: /