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

01 · Operator

Who operates FindITAnswersbot

Company: IT Influentials
Type: Search engine crawler
Official docs: knownagents.com

02 · Behavior

What FindITAnswersbot does

It fetches web pages to index them for the FindITAnswers search service. Its user agent points to an info page at search.it-influentials.com. That host did not resolve when checked in October 2026.

03 · Impact

Why FindITAnswersbot matters for your site

If you allow it

Indexes pages for a search service
Identifies itself with a bot info URL

If you block it

Its documentation host is no longer reachable
Likely little or no referral traffic

04 · Allow

How to allow FindITAnswersbot

robots.txt

User-agent: FindITAnswersbot
Allow: /

Cloudflare

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

nginx

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

Apache

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

05 · Block

How to block FindITAnswersbot

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

robots.txt

User-agent: FindITAnswersbot
Disallow: /

Cloudflare

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

nginx

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

Apache

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

06 · User agents

User agents we see for FindITAnswersbot

The user agent published by the operator:

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible;FindITAnswersbot/1.0;+http://search.it-influentials.com/bot.htm)

07 · Verification

Is it really FindITAnswersbot?

FindITAnswersbot’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 FindITAnswersbot

Who operates FindITAnswersbot?

It is operated by IT Influentials, according to the Known Agents directory and its user agent URL.

How do I block FindITAnswersbot?

Add 'User-agent: FindITAnswersbot' and 'Disallow: /' to your robots.txt.

FindITAnswersbot is IT Influentials’ search engine crawler