What is CocCoc?

CocCoc is a bot in the search engine crawlers category, operated by Coccoc.

Bot name
CocCoc
Operator
Coccoc
Type
Bot
Respects robots.txt
Yes
robots.txt user agent
coccocbot
Signs requests (Web Bot Auth)
No

About CocCoc

Coccocbot scrapes websites that are request from the Vietnamese search engine Coc Coc.

Search engine crawlers index your pages so they can appear in search results. Keep the genuine ones allowed and verify them, because fake search crawlers are one of the most common disguises for scrapers.

CocCoc user agent

CocCoc identifies itself with this user agent string:

  • Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; coccocbot-fast/1.0; +http://help.coccoc.com/searchengine)

Anyone can copy a user agent string. Transfon Security also checks where each request comes from, so a request that claims to be a known crawler but comes from the wrong network is treated as a fake, not as the real crawler.

How to block CocCoc in robots.txt

CocCoc follows robots.txt, so these rules stop it crawling the paths you choose. robots.txt is a plain text file at the root of your domain, such as https://example.com/robots.txt.

Block CocCoc from the whole site

User-agent: coccocbot
Disallow: /

Block CocCoc from some folders

User-agent: coccocbot
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /search

Allow CocCoc only on some folders

User-agent: coccocbot
Allow: /blog/
Disallow: /

Allow CocCoc and block other crawlers

User-agent: coccocbot
Allow: /

User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Things to know

  • Each host needs its own file. Rules on www.example.com do not apply to shop.example.com.
  • A crawler obeys only the most specific group that names it. Once you add a User-agent: coccocbot group, CocCoc ignores your User-agent: * rules, so repeat any that should still apply.
  • The user agent name is not case sensitive. We take coccocbot from CocCoc's user agent; check Coccoc's own documentation if it publishes a different robots.txt name.
  • Crawlers cache robots.txt, so changes can take up to a day to apply. Disallow stops crawling but does not remove pages already collected or indexed.

Limits of robots.txt

  1. CocCoc may not follow the rule. CocCoc says it follows robots.txt, but nothing enforces that. Changes can take a day to apply, the operator can change its policy, and other crawlers from Coccoc use different names and rules.
  2. The user agent could be fake. robots.txt matches the name a request claims. Anyone can send CocCoc's user agent, and a scraper using it is not bound by Coccoc's robots.txt policy. Only checking the source network tells a real CocCoc from a fake one.

Treat robots.txt as a statement of your policy, and enforce it where requests arrive.

Who should care about CocCoc

Publishers

CocCoc brings search traffic, so keep the real one allowed. Fake CocCoc requests are a common cover for scrapers, so verify it by network rather than by name.

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Media buyers and advertisers

Search crawlers fetch landing pages to check them. Keep CocCoc allowed, but out of campaign and conversion data.

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E-commerce

CocCoc indexes products for search results. Allow it, and block impersonators that use its name to scrape prices.

Transfon Security for e-commerce

SaaS and APIs

Allow CocCoc on marketing and docs pages, and keep it off signed-in app pages it cannot use.

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Block CocCoc with Transfon Security

robots.txt is a request, not an enforcement. Transfon Security shows CocCoc by name in the Top Bots report, so you can see how often it visits and which pages it reads. Block or allow it with a User Agent rule, or slow it down with a rate limit decision rule.

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Control CocCoc on your site

  • See every CocCoc visit and the pages it reads
  • Spot bots that fake trusted crawler names
  • Block, allow or rate limit CocCoc with one rule
  • Works with or without robots.txt support

Frequently asked questions

What is CocCoc?

CocCoc is a bot in the search engine crawlers category, operated by Coccoc. Coccocbot scrapes websites that are request from the Vietnamese search engine Coc Coc.

Does CocCoc respect robots.txt?

Yes. CocCoc follows robots.txt, so a Disallow rule for the coccocbot user agent stops it from crawling the paths you list.

How do I block CocCoc?

Add "User-agent: coccocbot" followed by "Disallow: /" to the robots.txt file at the root of your site. To enforce it, block requests whose user agent contains "coccocbot" at your WAF. In Transfon Security that is one User Agent block rule.

Is robots.txt enough to block CocCoc?

No. robots.txt is voluntary, so CocCoc may not follow it, and anyone can send CocCoc's user agent, so a fake CocCoc ignores your rule. Enforce the rule where requests arrive, at your WAF, and check the source network.

Should I block CocCoc?

Search engine crawlers index your pages so they can appear in search results. Keep the genuine ones allowed and verify them, because fake search crawlers are one of the most common disguises for scrapers.

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