Overview
AddSearchBot is a search crawler from Addsearch used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
Its primary user-agent pattern is AddSearchBot; related patterns include AddSearch crawler; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AddSearchBot/1.0; +http://www.addsearch.com/bot/) Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AddSearchBot/1.0; +http://www.addsearch.com/bot/ info@addsearch.com).
AddSearchBot is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is a public crawler reference or source-linked documentation.
AddSearchBot is marked as not reliably governed by robots.txt directives; use server-side rules if the traffic should be restricted.
AddSearchBot should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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AddSearchBot - Aliases
- AddSearch crawler
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AddSearchBot/1.0; +http://www.addsearch.com/bot/) Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AddSearchBot/1.0; +http://www.addsearch.com/bot; info@addsearch.com) - Robots Token
- AddSearchBot
- Identity Type
- Verified bot
- Evidence Method
- Verify AddSearchBot by matching `AddSearchBot` to Addsearch evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Classification
- Type
- Search
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Addsearch
- Operator
- Addsearch
- Company
- Addsearch
- Purpose
- Indexing
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- AddSearchBot is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
- Detection Notes
- AddSearchBot traffic is primarily detected by the `AddSearchBot` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `AddSearch crawler`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AddSearchBot/1.0; +http://www.addsearch.com/bot/) Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AddSearchBot/1.0; +http://www.addsearch.com/bot/ info@addsearch.com)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Addsearch infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- No
- Spoofing Risk
- AddSearchBot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# This agent may ignore robots.txt. Use authenticated access controls or network policy when blocking is required.