01 · Operator
Who operates AudigentAdBot
- Company
- Audigent
- Type
- Other bot
- Official docs
- audigent.com
02 · Behavior
What AudigentAdBot does
AudigentAdBot reads only the HTML header metadata of a page, not the body content. Audigent uses this data to help publishers improve ad bidding and revenue. A separate crawler, AudigentBot, can collect body content too.
03 · Impact
Why AudigentAdBot matters for your site
If you allow it
- May improve ad targeting and revenue if you sell ads through Audigent partners
- Reads header metadata only
If you block it
- No benefit if you do not run programmatic ads
- Ignores the wildcard robots.txt group
04 · Allow
How to allow AudigentAdBot
robots.txt
User-agent: AudigentAdBot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "AudigentAdBot")
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: AudigentAdBot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "AudigentAdBot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AudigentAdBot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block AudigentAdBot
AudigentAdBot does not always follow robots.txt. Add a server or CDN rule if you need a hard block.
robots.txt
User-agent: AudigentAdBot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "AudigentAdBot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: AudigentAdBot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "AudigentAdBot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AudigentAdBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for AudigentAdBot
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; AudigentAdBot; +http://www.audigent.com/bot.html) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.3607 · Verification
Is it really AudigentAdBot?
AudigentAdBot’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 AudigentAdBot
What does AudigentAdBot collect?
According to Audigent, it collects only HTML header metadata, not the body content of pages.
Why doesn't 'User-agent: *' block AudigentAdBot?
Audigent states that AudigentAdBot ignores wildcard rules. You must name AudigentAdBot explicitly.
How do I block AudigentAdBot?
Add 'User-agent: AudigentAdBot' and 'Disallow: /' to your robots.txt file.
Last reviewed Oct 7, 2026