Bot intelligence record

Bloglines

Review first

Bloglines is a feed fetcher used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery; it appears in server logs as `Bloglines`.

Feed Fetcher Feed Fetching Documented Confidence: Low Verified: Yes robots.txt: Unknown
Operator
Bloglines
Family
Bloglines
Source type
Observed
Last checked
2026-06-22

User-Agent Pattern

Bloglines
Bloglines
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

Click snippet to copy
User-agent: Bloglines
Disallow: /

Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.

Handling Guidance

Allow

Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

Bloglines is used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Bloglines
Family
Bloglines
Purpose
Feed Fetching
Identity type
Documented
Confidence
Low
Last verified
2026-06-22
Last checked
2026-06-22
Source type
Observed
Verification
Verify Bloglines by matching `Bloglines` to observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence, then checking reverse DNS, IP ownership, request behavior, and crawl consistency.
Spoofing risk
Bloglines has high spoofing risk because the pattern is low-confidence or observation-based; do not trust the user-agent by itself.

Notes

  • Bloglines is a feed fetcher used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
  • Its primary user-agent pattern is Bloglines.
  • Bloglines is verified with Low confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
  • Bloglines does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
  • Bloglines can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify Bloglines by matching `Bloglines` to observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence, then checking reverse DNS, IP ownership, request behavior, and crawl consistency.
  • Bloglines traffic is primarily detected by the `Bloglines` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence before trusting the traffic.
  • Bloglines is used for RSS or Atom feed polling, syndication refresh, subscription delivery, and content update checks.
  • Bloglines has high spoofing risk because the pattern is low-confidence or observation-based; do not trust the user-agent by itself.

Monitor This Bot In Edge

Botcrawl Edge

Use Botcrawl Edge to see matching traffic, create allow or block rules, and control this bot across connected sites.