Gigablast

Last updated about 18 hours ago.

Non-CompliantCrawler

What is Gigablast?

About

A distributed open source search engine and spider/crawler written in C/C++ for Linux on Intel/AMD. From gigablast dot com, which has binaries for download.

Operator

Gigablast

Documentationgithub.com

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Did you find GigablastOpenSource/1.0 in your logs?

If you've seen GigablastOpenSource/1.0 in your website logs, it indicates that Gigablast has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.

GigablastOpenSource/1.0

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Expected Behavior

Web crawlers visit websites on a regular schedule to index content for search engines or other services. They typically follow a consistent crawling pattern and respect robots.txt directives.

Should I Block Gigablast?

This bot is marked as non-compliant, which may mean it doesn't respect robots.txt or engages in aggressive crawling behavior. You may want to consider blocking it if it's causing issues for your site.

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How Do I Block Gigablast?

You can block this bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt file. Use Spyglasses analytics to check whether it's actually following your rules.

User Agent Tokens

GigablastShould match instances of this bot

robots.txt

# robots.txt
# This should block Gigablast

User-agent: Gigablast
Disallow: /

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