360Spider
360 Search •
Since 2012
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What is 360Spider?
360Spider is the web crawler for 360 Search (so.com), a major Chinese search engine operated by Qihoo 360. Known primarily for their antivirus software, Qihoo 360 entered the search market and quickly gained significant market share in China. The crawler indexes Chinese-language content and is optimized for the Chinese internet ecosystem. For websites targeting Chinese users, 360Spider represents an important alternative to Baidu, offering another channel for visibility in the Chinese market.
User Agent String
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; 360Spider/3.0; +http://www.so.com/help/help_3_2.html)
How to Control 360Spider
Block Completely
To prevent 360Spider from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block 360Spider
User-agent: 360Spider
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: 360Spider
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Allow: /public/
Set Crawl Delay
To slow down the crawl rate (note: not all bots respect this directive):
User-agent: 360Spider
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify 360Spider
Verification Method:
360 Search crawler verification
360 Search crawler verification
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect 360Spider in your application:
Basic Pattern
/360Spider/i
Strict Pattern
/^Mozilla/5\.0 \(compatible; 360Spider/3\.0; \+http\://www\.so\.com/help/help_3_2\.html\)$/
Flexible Pattern
/360Spider[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/i
Vendor Match
/.*360 Search.*360Spider/i
Implementation Examples
// PHP Detection for 360Spider
function detect_360spider() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/360Spider/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('360Spider detected from IP: ' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
// Set cache headers
header('Cache-Control: public, max-age=3600');
header('X-Robots-Tag: noarchive');
// Optional: Serve cached version
if (file_exists('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html')) {
readfile('cache/' . md5($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for 360Spider
import re
from flask import request, make_response
def detect_360spider():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'360Spider'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False
# Django Middleware
class 360SpiderMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for 360Spider
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// Middleware to detect 360Spider
function detect360Spider(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /360Spider/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('360Spider detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = '360Spider';
}
next();
}
app.use(detect360Spider);
# Apache .htaccess rules for 360Spider
# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} 360Spider [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} 360Spider [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]
# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "360Spider" is_bot=1
# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /360Spider/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for 360Spider
# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_360spider {
default 0;
~*360Spider 1;
}
server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_360spider) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_360spider) {
root /var/www/cached;
try_files $uri $uri.html $uri/index.html @backend;
}
try_files $uri @backend;
}
# Add headers for bot requests
location @backend {
if ($is_360spider) {
add_header Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600";
add_header X-Robots-Tag "noarchive";
}
proxy_pass http://backend;
}
}
Should You Block This Bot?
Recommendations based on your website type:
| Site Type | Recommendation | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce | Allow | Essential for product visibility in search results |
| Blog/News | Allow | Increases content reach and discoverability |
| SaaS Application | Block | No benefit for application interfaces; preserve resources |
| Documentation | Allow | Improves documentation discoverability for developers |
| Corporate Site | Allow | Allow for public pages, block sensitive areas like intranets |
Advanced robots.txt Configurations
E-commerce Site Configuration
User-agent: 360Spider
Crawl-delay: 5
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /*?sort=
Disallow: /*?filter=
Disallow: /*&page=
Allow: /products/
Allow: /categories/
Sitemap: https://example.com/sitemap.xml
Publishing/Blog Configuration
User-agent: 360Spider
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: 360Spider
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
360Spider
Robots.txt Name
360Spider
Category
search
Respects robots.txt
Yes
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