What is Mojeek?

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

Bot name
Mojeek
Operator
Mojeek
Type
Bot
Respects robots.txt
Yes
robots.txt user agent
MojeekBot
Signs requests (Web Bot Auth)
No

About Mojeek

Details and information for webmasters regarding Mojeekbot, the web crawler for the Mojeek search engine.

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.

Mojeek user agent

Mojeek identifies itself with this user agent string:

  • Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MojeekBot/0.6; +https://www.mojeek.com/bot.html)

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 Mojeek in robots.txt

Mojeek 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 Mojeek from the whole site

User-agent: MojeekBot
Disallow: /

Block Mojeek from some folders

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

Allow Mojeek only on some folders

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

Allow Mojeek and block other crawlers

User-agent: MojeekBot
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: MojeekBot group, Mojeek ignores your User-agent: * rules, so repeat any that should still apply.
  • The user agent name is not case sensitive. We take MojeekBot from Mojeek's user agent; check Mojeek'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. Mojeek may not follow the rule. Mojeek 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 Mojeek use different names and rules.
  2. The user agent could be fake. robots.txt matches the name a request claims. Anyone can send Mojeek's user agent, and a scraper using it is not bound by Mojeek's robots.txt policy. Only checking the source network tells a real Mojeek from a fake one.

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

Who should care about Mojeek

Publishers

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

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E-commerce

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

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Block Mojeek with Transfon Security

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

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

Frequently asked questions

What is Mojeek?

Mojeek is a bot in the search engine crawlers category, operated by Mojeek. Details and information for webmasters regarding Mojeekbot, the web crawler for the Mojeek search engine.

Does Mojeek respect robots.txt?

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

How do I block Mojeek?

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

Is robots.txt enough to block Mojeek?

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

Should I block Mojeek?

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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