Neevabot
Neeva •
Since 2021
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What is Neevabot?
Neevabot was the web crawler for Neeva, an ad-free, privacy-focused search engine founded by former Google executives. The search engine operated on a subscription model, eliminating ads and tracking. Despite innovative features and a focus on user privacy, Neeva shut down its search engine in May 2023, with the technology being acquired by Snowflake. While no longer active, Neevabot represented an attempt to create an alternative search model that prioritized user experience over advertising revenue.
User Agent String
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Neevabot/1.0; +https://neeva.com/neevabot)
How to Control Neevabot
Block Completely
To prevent Neevabot from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block Neevabot
User-agent: Neevabot
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: Neevabot
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: Neevabot
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify Neevabot
Verification Method:
Historical - service discontinued
Historical - service discontinued
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect Neevabot in your application:
Basic Pattern
/Neevabot/i
Strict Pattern
/^Mozilla/5\.0 \(compatible; Neevabot/1\.0; \+https\://neeva\.com/neevabot\)$/
Flexible Pattern
/Neevabot[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/i
Vendor Match
/.*Neeva.*Neevabot/i
Implementation Examples
// PHP Detection for Neevabot
function detect_neevabot() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/Neevabot/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('Neevabot 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for Neevabot
import re
from flask import request, make_response
def detect_neevabot():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'Neevabot'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False
# Django Middleware
class NeevabotMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for Neevabot
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// Middleware to detect Neevabot
function detectNeevabot(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /Neevabot/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('Neevabot detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'Neevabot';
}
next();
}
app.use(detectNeevabot);
# Apache .htaccess rules for Neevabot
# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Neevabot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Neevabot [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]
# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "Neevabot" is_bot=1
# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /Neevabot/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for Neevabot
# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_neevabot {
default 0;
~*Neevabot 1;
}
server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_neevabot) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_neevabot) {
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_neevabot) {
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: Neevabot
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: Neevabot
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: Neevabot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
Neevabot
Robots.txt Name
Neevabot
Category
search
Respects robots.txt
Yes
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