FindiseBot User Agent: What It Is & How to Block It

01 · Operator

Who operates FindiseBot

Company: Findise
Type: Search engine crawler
Official docs: findise.net

02 · Behavior

What FindiseBot does

It fetches public web pages and adds them to the Findise search index. Findise offers web, image, video, news and other search types. Its own site advertises continuous 24/7 crawling.

03 · Impact

Why FindiseBot matters for your site

If you allow it

Lets your pages appear in Findise results
Small independent search engine with light traffic

If you block it

Small audience, so little referral traffic
No published IP list or verification method

04 · Allow

How to allow FindiseBot

robots.txt

User-agent: Findisebot
Allow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Findisebot")
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: Findisebot
Allow: /

nginx

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

Apache

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

05 · Block

How to block FindiseBot

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

robots.txt

User-agent: Findisebot
Disallow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Findisebot")
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: Findisebot
Disallow: /

nginx

# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Findisebot") {
    return 403;
}

Apache

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

06 · User agents

User agents we see for FindiseBot

The user agent published by the operator:

Findisebot/1.0 (+https://findise.net)

07 · Verification

Is it really FindiseBot?

FindiseBot’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 FindiseBot

What is FindiseBot?

It is the web crawler of Findise, an independent privacy-focused search engine.

How do I block FindiseBot?

Add 'User-agent: Findisebot' followed by 'Disallow: /' to your robots.txt.

Can I verify FindiseBot requests?

Findise does not publish IP ranges or reverse DNS hostnames for its crawler.

FindiseBot is Findise’s search engine crawler