About this bot
askFinz-Mentions is a mention crawler associated with askFinz and used for brand citation monitoring.
The primary identifying User-Agent token is askFinz-Mentions.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: official documented.
This identity is recorded as honoring robots.txt under askFinz-Mentions.
Risk classification: Neutral. Evaluate request context and site policy before allowing, rate-limiting, or blocking.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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askFinz-Mentions
Details
- Kind
- Mention crawler
- Family
- askFinz
- Purpose
- Brand citation monitoring
- Common Use
- brand and citation tracking
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
Verification
- Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Match `askFinz-Mentions` as the claimed identity signal and corroborate it with stronger network, DNS, cryptographic, or request-context signals when authentication matters.
- Detection Notes
- Match the `askFinz-Mentions` User-Agent identity. Treat the User-Agent as a claimed identity unless a stronger verification signal is available.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: askFinz-Mentions Disallow: /