search indexes
YouBot
Operated by You.com · Search indexes
You.com's crawler, indexing pages for its search and answer engine.
When YouBot shows up in your logs
You.com is indexing your page for its answer engine, though the user agent is a hint, not verified traffic.
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.
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