Bot intelligence record
Cliqzbot
Review firstCliqzbot is a search crawler from Cliqz used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness; it appears in server logs as `Cliqzbot`.
User-Agent Pattern
CliqzCliqzbot
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 copyUser-agent: Cliqzbot
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Handling Guidance
MonitorUse this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.
Cliqzbot is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- Cliqz
- Family
- Cliqz
- Purpose
- Search Indexing
- Identity type
- Documented
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-06-22
- Last checked
- 2026-06-22
- Source type
- Observed
- Verification
- Verify Cliqzbot by matching `Cliqzbot` to Cliqz evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Spoofing risk
- Cliqzbot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Notes
- Cliqzbot is a search crawler from Cliqz used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
- Its primary user-agent pattern is
Cliqzbot. - Cliqzbot is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Documented, and the evidence basis is observed traffic patterns and user-agent evidence.
- Cliqzbot does not have confirmed robots.txt behavior in the available public evidence.
- Cliqzbot should be monitored first, then rate-limited or blocked if the crawl rate, paths, or behavior are unwanted.
Evidence and Source
- Verify Cliqzbot by matching `Cliqzbot` to Cliqz evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Cliqzbot traffic is primarily detected by the `Cliqzbot` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Cliqz infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Cliqzbot is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
- Cliqzbot has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Monitor This Bot In Edge
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