Zealbot

Last updated 10 hours ago.

What is Zealbot?

About

Zealbot 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. You can see how often Zealbot visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.

Type

Uncategorized
Not currently assigned a type

Expected Behavior

Behavior will vary depending on whether this agent is a search engine crawler, data scraper, archiver, one-off fetcher, etc.

Agent Analytics

Visits to Your Website

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Top Websites

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Robots.txt

Should I Block Zealbot?

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 Zealbot?

You can block Zealbot 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
Zealbot Should match instances of Zealbot
# robots.txt
# This should block Zealbot

User-agent: Zealbot
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.