Bingbot User-Agent & Blocking Rules
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What is Bingbot?
Bingbot is the standard web crawler for Microsoft's Bing search engine. It allows your website to appear in Bing search results and powers search experiences across the Microsoft ecosystem.
Test if Bingbot can access your URL
Enter URL to test if Bingbot is allowed or blocked.
Is Bingbot Safe?
Yes, Bingbot is considered safe.
This bot is verified and generally respected by the SEO community.
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User-Agent String used by Bingbot
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Add the following standard robots.txt rule to prevent Bingbot from accessing your site.
User-agent: bingbot Disallow: /