What is SkroutzImageBot?

SkroutzImageBot is a bot in the content aggregators category, operated by Skroutz S.A..

Bot name
SkroutzImageBot
Operator
Skroutz S.A.
Type
Bot
Respects robots.txt
Not confirmed
robots.txt user agent
ImageBot
Signs requests (Web Bot Auth)
No

About SkroutzImageBot

Skroutz ImageBot to fetch the individual product images.

Aggregators collect articles and links from many sites to build news feeds, read later apps and discovery services. Some send referral traffic, others republish your content. Check what each one does with your pages before allowing it.

SkroutzImageBot user agent

SkroutzImageBot identifies itself with this user agent string:

  • Skroutz ImageBot v1

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 SkroutzImageBot in robots.txt

We have not confirmed whether SkroutzImageBot 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 SkroutzImageBot from the whole site

User-agent: ImageBot
Disallow: /

Block SkroutzImageBot from some folders

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

Allow SkroutzImageBot only on some folders

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

Allow SkroutzImageBot and block other crawlers

User-agent: ImageBot
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: ImageBot group, SkroutzImageBot ignores your User-agent: * rules, so repeat any that should still apply.
  • The user agent name is not case sensitive. We take ImageBot from SkroutzImageBot's user agent; check Skroutz S.A.'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. SkroutzImageBot may not follow the rule. robots.txt is a request that nothing enforces, and we have not confirmed that SkroutzImageBot 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 SkroutzImageBot's user agent, and a scraper using it is not bound by Skroutz S.A.'s robots.txt policy. Only checking the source network tells a real SkroutzImageBot from a fake one.

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

Who should care about SkroutzImageBot

Publishers

SkroutzImageBot fetches pages when your links are shared or syndicated. Keep it allowed so previews and feeds work, but leave it out of page views and ad requests.

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Media buyers and advertisers

When ads or posts are shared, SkroutzImageBot fetches the landing page. Those hits are not clicks, so keep them out of campaign reports.

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E-commerce

Product links shared in chats and feeds are fetched by SkroutzImageBot. Keep it allowed so previews show the right image and price.

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SaaS and APIs

Allow SkroutzImageBot on public pages so shared links preview well, and keep it off the app.

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Block SkroutzImageBot with Transfon Security

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

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

Frequently asked questions

What is SkroutzImageBot?

SkroutzImageBot is a bot in the content aggregators category, operated by Skroutz S.A.. Skroutz ImageBot to fetch the individual product images.

Does SkroutzImageBot respect robots.txt?

We have not confirmed whether SkroutzImageBot 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 SkroutzImageBot?

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

Is robots.txt enough to block SkroutzImageBot?

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

Should I block SkroutzImageBot?

Aggregators collect articles and links from many sites to build news feeds, read later apps and discovery services. Some send referral traffic, others republish your content. Check what each one does with your pages before allowing it.

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