What is DuckDuckBot?
DuckDuckGo · search index · class search
DuckDuckGo results.
Verdict: Let it in. Verify it.
Profile
Compiled by Crawler Atlas from the operator's published documentation. Not yet declared by the operator. JSON
| Operator | DuckDuckGo · duckduckgo.com |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Search engines. Index pages for search results. Verified by reverse DNS and free by default; blocking them removes you from search. |
| User-agent contains | duckduckbot |
| robots.txt | User-agent: DuckDuckBotDisallow: / |
| How to verify | The operator publishes its address ranges: duckduckgo.com. A request that claims this name from an address outside these is an impostor. |
| Should you block it? | Let it in. Verify it. |
| Does it pay? | No. It does not carry a wallet and cannot answer a 402. A site that charges simply serves it nothing. |
| Docs | https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/duckduckbot/ |
Observed on the network
Anonymous daily counts from sites running Pay-per-Crawl that opted in, plus the ForgeMesh fleet. Last 7 days. Small sample: 1 sites reporting.
No sightings reported yet. DuckDuckBot appears here the day an opted-in site sees it.
Do something about it
- See it in your own logs, verify it, and charge, allow or block it by name with the free Pay-per-Crawl plugin (WordPress, Python, JavaScript, Go, PHP).
- Run this crawler? Publish a crawler-profile.json on your domain and this page shows your declared profile with a verified badge.
- Machine-readable twin: /bots/duckduckbot/profile.json (free in a browser). Machines: POST
{"slug":"duckduckbot"}to x402.forgemesh.io/bot-profiles, $0.005 per call over x402.
Also in search engines
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