search indexes

TikTokSpider

Operated by ByteDance · Search indexes

ByteDance's crawler that indexes pages for TikTok's search and discovery surfaces.

When TikTokSpider shows up in your logs

ByteDance is indexing your page for TikTok search. It publishes no docs or IP ranges, so treat the user agent as a signal, not proof.

Discovery crawlers that keep a search or answer index fresh.

Allow or block it in robots.txt

A robots.txt entry is a request. Well-behaved crawlers honor it; it is not an enforcement mechanism.

allow
User-agent: TikTokSpider
Disallow:
block
User-agent: TikTokSpider
Disallow: /

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