Bot intelligence record
TTD Content
Review firstTTD Content is a search crawler from The Trade Desk used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness; it appears in server logs as `TTD-Content`.
- Operator
- The Trade Desk
- Family
- The Trade Desk
- Type
- Search
- Source type
- Documented
- Last checked
- 2026-06-23
User-Agent Pattern
The Trade DeskTTD-Content
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
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: TTD-Content
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Handling Guidance
DependsUse this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.
TTD Content is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- The Trade Desk
- Family
- The Trade Desk
- Type
- Search
- Purpose
- Indexing
- Identity type
- Verified Bot
- Confidence
- Medium
- Last verified
- 2026-06-23
- Last checked
- 2026-06-23
- Source type
- Documented
- Verification
- Verify TTD Content by matching `TTD-Content` to The Trade Desk evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- Spoofing risk
- TTD Content has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Notes
- TTD Content is a search crawler from The Trade Desk used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
- Its primary user-agent pattern is
TTD-Content; a representative HTTP user-agent isMozilla/5.0 (compatible; TTD-Content; +https://www.thetradedesk.com/general/ttd-content). - TTD Content is verified with Medium confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is a public crawler reference or source-linked documentation.
- TTD Content is marked as not reliably governed by robots.txt directives; use server-side rules if the traffic should be restricted.
- TTD Content should be reviewed against site policy, source evidence, crawl rate, and requested paths before a permanent allow or block rule is created.
Evidence and Source
- Verify TTD Content by matching `TTD-Content` to The Trade Desk evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
- TTD Content traffic is primarily detected by the `TTD-Content` user-agent pattern; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; TTD-Content; +https://www.thetradedesk.com/general/ttd-content)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with The Trade Desk infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- TTD Content is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
- TTD Content has medium spoofing risk because user-agent strings can be copied; pair the match with DNS, IP, behavior, or operator evidence.
Monitor This Bot In Edge
Botcrawl EdgeUse Botcrawl Edge to see matching traffic, identify related datacenter activity, and create allow, block, rate-limit, or log rules across connected sites.