01 · Operator
Who operates Daum
- Company
- Kakao Corp
- Official docs
- cs.daum.net
02 · Behavior
What Daum does
The Daum crawler indexes websites, with a focus on Korean content. Daum search covers web, news, image and local results. Cloudflare Radar lists Daum as a verified search engine crawler.
03 · Impact
Why Daum matters for your site
If you allow it
- Brings visibility in Daum search in South Korea
- Verified by Cloudflare Radar
If you block it
- Little value if you have no Korean audience
- Adds crawl load
04 · Allow
How to allow Daum
robots.txt
User-agent: Daum
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Daum")
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: Daum
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Daum") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Daum [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Daum
Start with robots.txt. If Daum keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: Daum
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Daum")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Daum
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Daum") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Daum [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Daum
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Daum/4.1; +http://cs.daum.net/faq/15/4118.html?faqId=28966)07 · Verification
Is it really Daum?
Daum’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 Daum
Who operates the Daum bot?
Daum is operated by Kakao Corp, a Korean internet company. Its crawler indexes pages for Daum search.
How do I block the Daum crawler?
Add 'User-agent: Daum' with 'Disallow: /' to your robots.txt.
Is the Daum bot verified?
Cloudflare Radar lists Daum as a verified bot. Daum does not publish an IP list or reverse DNS method.
Last reviewed Oct 7, 2026