Accoona-AI-Agent: Defunct Search Crawler Explained

01 · Operator

Who operates Accoona-AI-Agent

Company: Accoona
Type: Search engine crawler

02 · Behavior

What Accoona-AI-Agent does

It crawled the web to add sites to the Accoona search index. Accoona entered the market in December 2004. Requests using this name today are unlikely to come from Accoona.

03 · Impact

Why Accoona-AI-Agent matters for your site

If you block it

The search engine is defunct
Current hits are likely spoofed

04 · Allow

How to allow Accoona-AI-Agent

robots.txt

User-agent: Accoona-AI-Agent
Allow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Accoona-AI-Agent")
Action:     Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules

# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.

WordPress

# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Accoona-AI-Agent
Allow: /

nginx

# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Accoona\-AI\-Agent") { return 403; }

Apache

# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Accoona\-AI\-Agent [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

05 · Block

How to block Accoona-AI-Agent

Start with robots.txt. If Accoona-AI-Agent keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.

robots.txt

User-agent: Accoona-AI-Agent
Disallow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Accoona-AI-Agent")
Action:     Block

WordPress

# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Accoona-AI-Agent
Disallow: /

nginx

# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Accoona\-AI\-Agent") {
    return 403;
}

Apache

# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Accoona\-AI\-Agent [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>

06 · User agents

User agents we see for Accoona-AI-Agent

The user agent published by the operator:

Accoona-AI-Agent/1.1.2 (aicrawler at accoonabot dot com)

07 · Verification

Is it really Accoona-AI-Agent?

Accoona-AI-Agent’s operator publishes no IP ranges or hostnames, so requests cannot be verified. Treat the user agent as a claim, and watch your logs for unusual request rates.

FAQ

Questions about Accoona-AI-Agent

Is Accoona-AI-Agent still active?

No. Accoona's search service no longer operates.

Should I block Accoona-AI-Agent?

Yes, blocking it has no downside because the search engine it served is gone.

Accoona-AI-Agent was Accoona’s search engine crawler