AddSearchBot
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What is AddSearchBot?
AddSearchBot is the web crawler for AddSearch, a site search solution that provides search functionality for business websites. The bot indexes website content to power on-site search results. AddSearch is used by enterprises and mid-size businesses that need a reliable search experience on their websites. The bot respects robots.txt directives and only crawls sites that have subscribed to AddSearch's service.
User Agent String
AddSearchBot
How to Control AddSearchBot
Block Completely
To prevent AddSearchBot from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block AddSearchBot
User-agent: AddSearchBot
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: AddSearchBot
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: AddSearchBot
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify AddSearchBot
Verification Method:
Check user agent string for AddSearchBot identifier
Check user agent string for AddSearchBot identifier
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect AddSearchBot in your application:
Basic Pattern
/AddSearchBot/i
Strict Pattern
/^AddSearchBot$/
Flexible Pattern
/AddSearchBot[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/i
Vendor Match
/.*AddSearch.*AddSearchBot/i
Implementation Examples
// PHP Detection for AddSearchBot
function detect_addsearchbot() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/AddSearchBot/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('AddSearchBot 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for AddSearchBot
import re
from flask import request, make_response
def detect_addsearchbot():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'AddSearchBot'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False
# Django Middleware
class AddSearchBotMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for AddSearchBot
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// Middleware to detect AddSearchBot
function detectAddSearchBot(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /AddSearchBot/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('AddSearchBot detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'AddSearchBot';
}
next();
}
app.use(detectAddSearchBot);
# Apache .htaccess rules for AddSearchBot
# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AddSearchBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AddSearchBot [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]
# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "AddSearchBot" is_bot=1
# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /AddSearchBot/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for AddSearchBot
# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_addsearchbot {
default 0;
~*AddSearchBot 1;
}
server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_addsearchbot) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_addsearchbot) {
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_addsearchbot) {
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: AddSearchBot
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: AddSearchBot
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: AddSearchBot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
AddSearchBot
Robots.txt Name
AddSearchBot
Category
search
Respects robots.txt
Yes
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