dwelltime-bot
recommended: observedwelltime-bot is a web crawler operated by Dwell that collects public content for personalized daily recommendations.
What it does
dwelltime-bot's traffic pattern depends on the intelligence being collected. It may revisit specific pages on a schedule, crawl broader sections of your site, or appear only when information is requested. Its request scope and frequency reflect the underlying objective.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
dwelltime-bot
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control dwelltime-bot:
Allow full access
User-agent: dwelltime-bot
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: dwelltime-bot
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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