About this bot
Funnelback is a verified software associated with Funnelback deployments and is used for enterprise search indexing.
The primary identifying signal is Funnelback.
Funnelback is enterprise/site-search crawler software used to collect and index web content. Its default crawler identity is configurable and it honors robots.txt.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence.
This identity is recorded as honoring robots.txt under Funnelback.
Risk classification: Safe. Treat User-Agent strings as claims unless corroborated by the verification signals recorded for this entry.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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FunnelbackMozilla/5.0 (compatible; Funnelback)
Details
- Kind
- Software
- Family
- Squiz - FunnelBack
- Purpose
- Enterprise search indexing
- Common Use
- Funnelback is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
Verification
- Identity Type
- software-family
- Evidence Method
- Match the Funnelback marker while recognizing that deployments can customize the User-Agent; corroborate with the site owner or crawler configuration when necessary.
- Detection Notes
- Match `Funnelback` as an identity signal and apply the recorded verification method before granting identity-based trust.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: Funnelback Disallow: /