Overview
SeznamBot is operated by Seznam.cz and is used for Crawling and indexing pages for the Seznam.cz search engine.
Its documented identity is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeznamBot/3.2; +http://fulltext.sblog.cz/). The robots.txt token is SeznamBot.
It follows robots.txt rules addressed to SeznamBot.
SeznamBot 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.
Match the SeznamBot token and corroborate the request with Seznam-controlled documentation, source-network ownership, and stable crawl behavior. Do not rely on the user agent alone.
Identity
- User-Agent
SeznamBot- Aliases
- SeznamBot/3.0; Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeznamBot/3.2; +http://fulltext.sblog.cz/)
- HTTP Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeznamBot/3.2; +http://fulltext.sblog.cz/)- Robots.txt Token
SeznamBot- Identity Type
- Observed
- Evidence Method
- Treat `SeznamBot` 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
- Search
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Seznam
- Purpose
- search-indexing
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Crawling and indexing pages for the Seznam.cz search engine.
- Detection Notes
- Use the SeznamBot token within the browser-style user agent. Seznam states that the crawler follows robots.txt according to the standard.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- The token can be spoofed; source-network and behavior checks are still required.
- Risk
- Safe
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: SeznamBot Disallow: /- Apache Rule
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} SeznamBot [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F,L]- Nginx Rule
if ($http_user_agent ~* "SeznamBot") { return 403; }