omgilibot
Webz.io •
Since 2010
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What is omgilibot?
omgilibot is the legacy web crawler from Omgili (now Webz.io) that specializes in collecting content from discussion boards, forums, and user-generated content platforms. The bot focuses on capturing conversations, opinions, and discussions across the web. The collected data is used for sentiment analysis, market research, and trend monitoring. The bot respects robots.txt directives.
User Agent String
omgili/0.5 +http://omgili.com
How to Control omgilibot
Block Completely
To prevent omgilibot from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block omgilibot
User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: omgilibot
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: omgilibot
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify omgilibot
Verification Method:
Check user agent string for omgili identifier
Check user agent string for omgili identifier
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect omgilibot in your application:
Basic Pattern
/omgilibot/i
Strict Pattern
/^omgili/0\.5 \+http\://omgili\.com$/
Flexible Pattern
/omgilibot[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/i
Vendor Match
/.*Webz\.io.*omgilibot/i
Implementation Examples
// PHP Detection for omgilibot
function detect_omgilibot() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/omgilibot/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('omgilibot 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for omgilibot
import re
from flask import request, make_response
def detect_omgilibot():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'omgilibot'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False
# Django Middleware
class omgilibotMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for omgilibot
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
// Middleware to detect omgilibot
function detectomgilibot(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /omgilibot/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('omgilibot detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'omgilibot';
}
next();
}
app.use(detectomgilibot);
# Apache .htaccess rules for omgilibot
# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} omgilibot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} omgilibot [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]
# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "omgilibot" is_bot=1
# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /omgilibot/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for omgilibot
# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_omgilibot {
default 0;
~*omgilibot 1;
}
server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_omgilibot) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_omgilibot) {
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_omgilibot) {
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 | Optional | Evaluate based on bandwidth usage vs. benefits |
| Blog/News | Allow | Increases content reach and discoverability |
| SaaS Application | Block | No benefit for application interfaces; preserve resources |
| Documentation | Selective | Allow for public docs, block for internal docs |
| Corporate Site | Limit | Allow for public pages, block sensitive areas like intranets |
Advanced robots.txt Configurations
E-commerce Site Configuration
User-agent: omgilibot
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: omgilibot
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: omgilibot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
omgilibot
Robots.txt Name
omgilibot
Category
other
Respects robots.txt
Yes
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