Overview
Sogou inst spider is operated by Sogou and is used for Rapid or specialized crawling for Sogou Search.
Its documented identity is Sogou inst spider/4.0. The robots.txt token is Sogou inst spider.
It follows robots.txt rules addressed to Sogou inst spider.
Sogou inst spider is Verified from current authoritative identity documentation reviewed on 2026-08-07. The identity type is Official Documented.
Match the case-sensitive Sogou inst spider token and corroborate it with current Sogou documentation, source-network ownership, and crawl behavior.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Sogou inst spider - Aliases
- Sogou inst spider/4.0
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Sogou inst spider/4.0 - Robots Token
- Sogou inst spider
- Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Match `Sogou inst spider` to the current operator documentation and corroborate the request with operator-controlled verification signals where available; User-Agent strings alone can be spoofed.
Classification
- Type
- Search
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Sogou
- Purpose
- Search indexing
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Rapid or specialized crawling for Sogou Search.
- Detection Notes
- Sogou lists Sogou inst spider alongside Sogou web spider and states that its spiders support robots.txt.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- The plain-text user-agent is spoofable; network and behavioral checks are required.
- Risk
- Neutral
- Recommended Handling
- Depends
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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User-agent: Sogou inst spider Disallow: / - Apache Rule
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RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Sogou\ inst\ spider [NC] RewriteRule .* - [F,L] - Nginx Rule
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if ($http_user_agent ~* "Sogou\ inst\ spider") { return 403; }
Relationships
- Operator
- Sogou Checked 2026-08-07
- Owner / parent organization
- Sogou Inc. 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.