Pocket Casts Feed Parser
What is Pocket Casts Feed Parser?
About
Pocket Casts Feed Parser fetches and parses podcast RSS feeds to deliver content for playback in the Pocket Casts mobile and web applications. You can see how often Pocket Casts Feed Parser visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
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.
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Detail
Operated By | Pocket Casts |
Last Updated | 6 hours ago |
Insights
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Robots.txt
Should I Block Pocket Casts Feed Parser?
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.
How Do I Block Pocket Casts Feed Parser?
You can block Pocket Casts Feed Parser 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 | PocketCasts/1.0 (Pocket Casts Feed Parser; +http://pocketcasts.com/) |
# robots.txt
# This should block Pocket Casts Feed Parser
User-agent: Pocket Casts Feed Parser
Disallow: /