The Old Reader
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What is The Old Reader?
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The Old Reader
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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; theoldreader.com) in your logs?
If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; theoldreader.com) in your website logs, it indicates that The Old Reader has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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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 The Old Reader?
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 The Old Reader?
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
theoldreader\.comShould match instances of this botrobots.txt
# robots.txt # This should block The Old Reader User-agent: theoldreader\.com Disallow: /
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