Bingbot

Generally helpfulsearch-engine

Operated by Microsoft Corporation

What is Bingbot?

Bingbot is the web crawler for Microsoft's Bing search engine, responsible for indexing web content to power search results. It adheres to standard crawling protocols and respects robots.txt directives.

Why it visits websites

Bingbot visits websites to discover, retrieve, and update content for Bing's search index, ensuring relevant and up-to-date search results for users. It prioritizes fresh, high-quality content.

Is Bingbot good or bad for your site?

Bingbot generally benefits websites by driving organic traffic from Bing search results, increasing visibility and potential user engagement. Properly optimized sites may see improved rankings, while poorly structured or spammy sites could experience indexing delays or lower rankings.

How to block Bingbot

To block Bingbot via robots.txt, add: User-agent: Bingbot Disallow: /private/ To block via user-agent, configure your server to reject requests with the user-agent string 'Bingbot' or its variants (e.g., 'Bingbot/2.0').

Example user-agent

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)

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