Meta-ExternalFetcher
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What is Meta-ExternalFetcher?
About
Meta's external fetcher for link previews
Meta
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Did you find meta-externalfetcher/1.1 (+https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/crawler) in your logs?
If you've seen meta-externalfetcher/1.1 (+https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/crawler) in your website logs, it indicates that Meta-ExternalFetcher has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find meta-externalfetcher/1.1 in your logs?
If you've seen meta-externalfetcher/1.1 in your website logs, it indicates that Meta-ExternalFetcher has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
Track and manage Meta-ExternalFetcher visits to your website with Spyglasses' real-time bot detection. Start tracking
Expected Behavior
This bot visits websites for various purposes including content analysis, data collection, or automated tasks. Its behavior may vary depending on its specific function and configuration.
Should I Block Meta-ExternalFetcher?
This bot is marked as compliant, meaning it generally respects robots.txt directives and follows good practices. You may choose to allow it if you want your content to be accessible to its services.
Recommended Solution
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Get Automated Bot ManagementHow Do I Block Meta-ExternalFetcher?
You can block this bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt file. Use Spyglasses analytics to check whether it's actually following your rules.
User Agent Tokens
meta-externalfetcher\/Should match instances of this botrobots.txt
# robots.txt # This should block Meta-ExternalFetcher User-agent: meta-externalfetcher\/ Disallow: /
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