xovibot
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Since 2012
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What is xovibot?
xovibot is the web crawler for XOVI, a German SEO analytics and monitoring suite. The bot crawls web pages to gather data for XOVI's keyword tracking, backlink analysis, and site auditing features. XOVI is primarily used in the German-speaking market and provides comprehensive SEO tools for agencies and in-house teams. The bot respects robots.txt directives.
User Agent String
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; xovibot/2.0; +http://www.xovi.com/bot)
How to Control xovibot
Block Completely
To prevent xovibot from accessing your entire website, add this to your robots.txt file:
# Block xovibot
User-agent: xovibot
Disallow: /
Block Specific Directories
To restrict access to certain parts of your site while allowing others:
User-agent: xovibot
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: xovibot
Crawl-delay: 10
How to Verify xovibot
Verification Method:
Check user agent string for xovibot identifier
Check user agent string for xovibot identifier
Learn more in the official documentation.
Detection Patterns
Multiple ways to detect xovibot in your application:
Basic Pattern
/xovibot/iStrict Pattern
/^Mozilla/5\.0 \(compatible; xovibot/2\.0; \+http\://www\.xovi\.com/bot\)$/Flexible Pattern
/xovibot[\s\/]?[\d\.]*?/iVendor Match
/.*XOVI.*xovibot/iImplementation Examples
// PHP Detection for xovibot
function detect_xovibot() {
$user_agent = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ?? '';
$pattern = '/xovibot/i';
if (preg_match($pattern, $user_agent)) {
// Log the detection
error_log('xovibot 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($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . '.html');
exit;
}
return true;
}
return false;
}
# Python/Flask Detection for xovibot
import re
from flask import request, make_responsedef detect_xovibot():
user_agent = request.headers.get('User-Agent', '')
pattern = r'xovibot'
if re.search(pattern, user_agent, re.IGNORECASE):
# Create response with caching
response = make_response()
response.headers['Cache-Control'] = 'public, max-age=3600'
response.headers['X-Robots-Tag'] = 'noarchive'
return True
return False# Django Middleware
class xovibotMiddleware:
def __init__(self, get_response):
self.get_response = get_response
def __call__(self, request):
if self.detect_bot(request):
# Handle bot traffic
pass
return self.get_response(request)
// JavaScript/Node.js Detection for xovibot
const express = require('express');
const app = express();// Middleware to detect xovibot
function detectxovibot(req, res, next) {
const userAgent = req.headers['user-agent'] || '';
const pattern = /xovibot/i;
if (pattern.test(userAgent)) {
// Log bot detection
console.log('xovibot detected from IP:', req.ip);
// Set cache headers
res.set({
'Cache-Control': 'public, max-age=3600',
'X-Robots-Tag': 'noarchive'
});
// Mark request as bot
req.isBot = true;
req.botName = 'xovibot';
}
next();
}app.use(detectxovibot);
# Apache .htaccess rules for xovibot# Block completely
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} xovibot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]# Or redirect to a static version
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} xovibot [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/static/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /static/$1 [L]# Or set environment variable for PHP
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "xovibot" is_bot=1# Add cache headers for this bot
<If "%{HTTP_USER_AGENT} =~ /xovibot/i">
Header set Cache-Control "public, max-age=3600"
Header set X-Robots-Tag "noarchive"
</If>
# Nginx configuration for xovibot# Map user agent to variable
map $http_user_agent $is_xovibot {
default 0;
~*xovibot 1;
}server {
# Block the bot completely
if ($is_xovibot) {
return 403;
}
# Or serve cached content
location / {
if ($is_xovibot) {
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_xovibot) {
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: xovibot
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: xovibot
Crawl-delay: 10
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /drafts/
Disallow: /preview/
Disallow: /*?replytocom=
Allow: /
SaaS/Application Configuration
User-agent: xovibot
Disallow: /app/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /dashboard/
Disallow: /settings/
Allow: /
Allow: /pricing/
Allow: /features/
Allow: /docs/
Quick Reference
User Agent Match
xovibotRobots.txt Name
xovibotCategory
seoRespects robots.txt
Yes
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