Bot intelligence record

Sidetrade indexer bot

Review first

Use the Sidetrade indexer bot identifier to separate Sidetrade AI-related crawler, assistant, or retrieval traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Ai Indexing Observed Confidence: Low Verified: No robots.txt: Unknown
Operator
Sidetrade
Family
Sidetrade
Type
Ai
Source type
Observed
Last checked
2026-06-20

User-Agent Pattern

Sidetrade
Sidetrade indexer bot
Verification note

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

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User-agent: Sidetrade indexer bot Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, security scanning, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Sidetrade
Family
Sidetrade
Type
Ai
Purpose
Indexing
Identity type
Observed
Confidence
Low
Last verified
2026-06-20
Last checked
2026-06-20
Source type
Observed
Verification
Observed public robots token; verify with server logs and operator documentation before allow-listing.
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings for Sidetrade indexer bot can be spoofed. Treat this observed identifier as a classification signal only; verify with logs, request behavior, network origin, and operator documentation before allow-listing or creating low-friction rules.

Notes

Sidetrade indexer bot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a crawler associated with Sidetrade. The primary identifier for log review is Sidetrade indexer bot.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: Sidetrade indexer bot
  • Operator: Sidetrade
  • Type: ai
  • Kind: crawler
  • Purpose: indexing
  • Confidence: low

Common use

Sidetrade indexer bot identifier reported in public robots controls.

Verification and handling

Match the identifier as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.

Robots.txt handling: unknown.

Evidence and Source

  • Observed public robots token; verify with server logs and operator documentation before allow-listing.
  • Match `Sidetrade indexer bot` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases and bot_http_agent when present. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
  • AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, security scanning, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
  • User-agent strings for Sidetrade indexer bot can be spoofed. Treat this observed identifier as a classification signal only; verify with logs, request behavior, network origin, and operator documentation before allow-listing or creating low-friction rules.

https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt/blob/main/robots.txt

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