01 · Operator
Who operates T2Bot
- Company
- T2 Industries
- Type
- Other bot
- Official docs
- t2ind.com
02 · Behavior
What T2Bot does
T2Bot fetches public pages for T2 Industries' index and data products, including change detection. The operator states the data is not used to train AI or machine-learning models. It honours robots.txt rules, including Crawl-delay.
03 · Impact
Why T2Bot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Not used for AI training, according to the operator
- Requests can be verified by IP list and reverse DNS
If you block it
- Feeds commercial data products, not a public search engine
- No direct referral traffic
04 · Allow
How to allow T2Bot
robots.txt
User-agent: T2Bot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "T2Bot")
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: T2Bot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "T2Bot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} T2Bot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block T2Bot
T2Bot follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.
robots.txt
User-agent: T2Bot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "T2Bot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: T2Bot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "T2Bot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} T2Bot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for T2Bot
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; T2Bot/1.0; +https://t2ind.com/bot)07 · Verification
Is it really T2Bot?
Anyone can copy a user agent. Real T2Bot requests come from the IP ranges published at t2ind.com/t2bot-ips.json. A reverse DNS lookup of a real request resolves to .t2ind.com, and that hostname resolves back to the same IP.
FAQ
Questions about T2Bot
Is T2Bot used to train AI models?
No. T2 Industries states that T2Bot is not used to train AI or machine-learning models.
How do I block T2Bot?
Add "User-agent: T2Bot" followed by "Disallow: /" to your robots.txt. Changes apply within 24 hours.
How can I verify T2Bot?
Check the IP against t2ind.com/t2bot-ips.json, or confirm reverse DNS ends in .t2ind.com and resolves back to the same IP.
Last updated Nov 10, 2026