What is Jobswithgptcom-bot?

Jobswithgptcom-bot is a bot in the search engine crawlers category, operated by JobsWithGPT.

Bot name
Jobswithgptcom-bot
Operator
JobsWithGPT
Type
Bot
Respects robots.txt
Not confirmed
robots.txt user agent
jobswithgptcom
Signs requests (Web Bot Auth)
No

About Jobswithgptcom-bot

Simple crawler focussing on only job postings for job search site.

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.

Jobswithgptcom-bot user agent

Jobswithgptcom-bot identifies itself with this user agent string:

  • jobswithgptcom-bot

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 Jobswithgptcom-bot in robots.txt

We have not confirmed whether Jobswithgptcom-bot follows robots.txt. Add a rule, then check your logs to see that it stopped. robots.txt is a plain text file at the root of your domain, such as https://example.com/robots.txt.

Block Jobswithgptcom-bot from the whole site

User-agent: jobswithgptcom
Disallow: /

Block Jobswithgptcom-bot from some folders

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

Allow Jobswithgptcom-bot only on some folders

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

Allow Jobswithgptcom-bot and block other crawlers

User-agent: jobswithgptcom
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: jobswithgptcom group, Jobswithgptcom-bot ignores your User-agent: * rules, so repeat any that should still apply.
  • The user agent name is not case sensitive. We take jobswithgptcom from Jobswithgptcom-bot's user agent; check JobsWithGPT'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. Jobswithgptcom-bot may not follow the rule. robots.txt is a request that nothing enforces, and we have not confirmed that Jobswithgptcom-bot follows it. Check your logs after adding a rule.
  2. The user agent could be fake. robots.txt matches the name a request claims. Anyone can send Jobswithgptcom-bot's user agent, and a scraper using it is not bound by JobsWithGPT's robots.txt policy. Only checking the source network tells a real Jobswithgptcom-bot from a fake one.

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

Who should care about Jobswithgptcom-bot

Publishers

Jobswithgptcom-bot brings search traffic, so keep the real one allowed. Fake Jobswithgptcom-bot 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 Jobswithgptcom-bot allowed, but out of campaign and conversion data.

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E-commerce

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

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SaaS and APIs

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

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Block Jobswithgptcom-bot with Transfon Security

robots.txt is a request, not an enforcement. Transfon Security shows Jobswithgptcom-bot 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 Jobswithgptcom-bot on your site

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Jobswithgptcom-bot?

Jobswithgptcom-bot is a bot in the search engine crawlers category, operated by JobsWithGPT. Simple crawler focussing on only job postings for job search site.

Does Jobswithgptcom-bot respect robots.txt?

We have not confirmed whether Jobswithgptcom-bot follows robots.txt. Add a robots.txt rule, then check your logs to see that it stopped, and block it by user agent if it did not.

How do I block Jobswithgptcom-bot?

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

Is robots.txt enough to block Jobswithgptcom-bot?

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

Should I block Jobswithgptcom-bot?

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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