URL Control
What is URL Control?
About
URL Control is an uncategorized agent. 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 URL Control visits your website.
Type
Expected Behavior
Behavior will vary depending on whether this agent is a search engine crawler, data scraper, archiver, one-off fetcher, etc.
Analytics
Visits to Your Website
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Robots.txt
Should I Block URL Control?
It's difficult to say without a type. Its purposes could either be good or bad for your website, depending on what it is.
How Do I Block URL Control?
You can block URL Control 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 |
|---|---|
URL Control |
Should match instances of URL Control |
# robots.txt
# This should block URL Control
User-agent: URL Control
Disallow: /
Recommended Solution
Instead of doing this manually, use automatic robots.txt to keep your rules updated with the latest AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.
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