YouBot

Last updated 4 days ago.

CompliantAI BotAI Search IndexerCrawler

YouBot Traffic (Last 90 Days)

Avg Share
0.134%
Peak
3.354%
Total Visits
6,215
Active Days
90/91
↑ 233.5% vs previous week

What is YouBot?

About

YouBot

Operator

You.com

Documentationyou.com

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Did you find YouBot (+http://www.you.com) in your logs?

If you've seen YouBot (+http://www.you.com) in your website logs, it indicates that YouBot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.

YouBot (+http://www.you.com)

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Expected Behavior

AI search indexers crawl websites to build an AI assistant's own search index. When someone asks the assistant a question, it searches this index to find pages to read and cite. Blocking an AI search indexer may keep your pages out of that assistant's search results. Assistants also find pages in other ways, so a blocked site may still be cited.

Should I Block YouBot?

This bot is marked as compliant, meaning it generally respects robots.txt directives and follows good practices. You may choose to allow it if you want your content to be accessible to its services.

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How Do I Block YouBot?

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

YouBotShould match instances of this bot

robots.txt

# robots.txt
# This should block YouBot

User-agent: YouBot
Disallow: /

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