webzio-extended
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What is webzio-extended?
webzio-extended is the crawler operated by Webz.io (formerly Omgili) that maintains a large-scale web crawl data repository. The collected data is sold to companies for various purposes including AI model training, market research, and data analytics. The crawler focuses on gathering diverse web content and respects robots.txt directives. Website owners can block this bot to prevent their content from being included in Webz.io's commercial data products.
User Agent String
webzio-extended
How to Control webzio-extended
Block Completely
To prevent webzio-extended from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block webzio-extended
User-agent: webzio-extended
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: webzio-extended
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: webzio-extended
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify webzio-extended
Verification Method:
Check user agent string for webzio-extended identifier
Check user agent string for webzio-extended identifier
Learn more in the official documentation.
⚠️ AI Training Notice
This bot may collect and use your website content for AI model training. Consider whether you want your content used for this purpose before allowing access.
This bot may collect and use your website content for AI model training. Consider whether you want your content used for this purpose before allowing access.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect webzio-extended in your application:
Basic Pattern
/webzio\-extended/iStrict Pattern
/^webzio\-extended$/Flexible Pattern
/webzio\-extended[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/iVendor Match
/.*Webz\.io.*webzio\-extended/iImplementation Examples
// PHP Detection for webzio-extended
function detect_webzio_extended() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/webzio\\-extended/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('webzio-extended 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for webzio-extended
import re
from flask import request, make_responsedef detect_webzio_extended():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'webzio-extended'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False# Django Middleware
class webzioextendedMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for webzio-extended
const express = require('express');
const app = express();// Middleware to detect webzio-extended
function detectwebzioextended(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /webzio-extended/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('webzio-extended detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'webzio-extended';
}
next();
}app.use(detectwebzioextended);
# Apache .htaccess rules for webzio-extended# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} webzio\-extended [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} webzio\-extended [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "webzio\-extended" is_bot=1# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /webzio\-extended/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for webzio-extended# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_webzio_extended {
default 0;
~*webzio\-extended 1;
}server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_webzio_extended) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_webzio_extended) {
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_webzio_extended) {
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 | Limit Access | Protect pricing and inventory data from AI training |
| Blog/News | Consider Blocking | Your content may be used for AI training without compensation |
| 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: webzio-extended
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: webzio-extended
# Blocking AI training bot
Disallow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: webzio-extended
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
webzio-extendedRobots.txt Name
webzio-extendedCategory
aiRespects robots.txt
Yes
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