Overview
Observer is an automated web identity associated with Obsrvr.
It is used for finding broken links and supporting website quality checks.
The documented User-Agent pattern is obsrvr.net. User-Agent strings can be copied, so corroborate requests with operator documentation, network ownership, reverse DNS, or other request evidence.
Identity
- User-Agent
obsrvr.net- HTTP Agent Examples
Observer/1.0 (+https://obsrvr.net/about; crawler@obsrvr.net)- Identity Type
- User Agent
- Evidence Method
- Match the documented User-Agent pattern obsrvr.net, then corroborate it with operator documentation, network ownership, reverse DNS, or other request evidence. User-Agent strings alone do not prove identity.
Classification
- Type
- Seo
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Obsrvr
- Purpose
- seo-crawling
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- finding broken links and supporting website quality checks
- Detection Notes
- Detect candidate Observer traffic using the documented User-Agent pattern obsrvr.net. Confirm the identity with supporting evidence before enforcement.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- Observer can be impersonated because its User-Agent pattern can be copied. Treat the identity as confirmed only when supporting evidence matches.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: obsrvr.net Disallow: /