Overview
Rival IQ is a marketing crawler used for advertising quality review, contextual classification, brand-safety checks, and marketing intelligence.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Rival IQ.
Rival IQ is Unverified at the identity-evidence level. The listed identity remains useful for detection, but this record does not currently contain authoritative evidence sufficient to authenticate the identity claim.
Robots.txt behavior is not currently confirmed.
Rival IQ should be monitored first, then rate-limited or blocked if the crawl rate, paths, or behavior are unwanted.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Rival IQ - HTTP Agent Examples
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Rival IQ - Robots Token
- Rival IQ
- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `Rival IQ` as an identity signal only. Confirm it with current operator documentation, cryptographic verification, forward-confirmed reverse DNS, source-network ownership, or other authoritative evidence before trusting the claimed identity.
Classification
- Type
- Marketing crawler
- Kind
- Marketing crawler
- Family
- Rival IQ
- Purpose
- Marketing intelligence
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Rival IQ is used for advertising quality review, contextual classification, brand-safety checks, and marketing intelligence.
- Detection Notes
- Rival IQ traffic is primarily detected by the `Rival IQ` user-agent pattern. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Unknown
- Spoofing Risk
- Rival IQ has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
- Risk
- Caution
- Recommended Handling
- Monitor
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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# robots.txt behavior is unconfirmed. Do not rely on this rule without verification.
Relationships
- Operator
- Rival IQ Checked 2026-08-07
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.