PocketParser

What is PocketParser?

About

PocketParser is a fetcher operated by Pocket. If you think this is incorrect or can provide additional detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often PocketParser 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.

Type

Fetcher
Fetches web content on behalf of an app

Detail

Operated By Pocket
Last Updated 8 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

0%
0% of top websites are blocking PocketParser
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Country of Origin

United States
PocketParser normally visits from the United States

Global Traffic

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The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Fetchers

Top Visited Website Categories

Jobs and Education
People and Society
Online Communities
Arts and Entertainment
Computers and Electronics
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Robots.txt

Should I Block PocketParser?

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 PocketParser?

⚠️ 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 PocketParser 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 PocketParser/2.0 (+https://getpocket.com/pocketparser_ua) 
# robots.txt
# This should block PocketParser

User-agent: PocketParser
Disallow: /

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