Stape
recommended: observeStape scanner monitors and analyzes website tracking tag configurations to help optimize server-side tracking setups and improve data collection quality for marketing analytics.
What it does
Stape's traffic often follows fixed intervals like a cron job. Activity may consist of short recurring checks or occasional intensive bursts, but it usually remains limited to a specific set of pages or endpoints.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
Stape
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control Stape:
Allow full access
User-agent: Stape
Allow: /
Block entirely
User-agent: Stape
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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See Stape on your own site
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