01 · Operator
Who operates Vagabondo
- Company
- WiseGuys
- Type
- Other bot
- Official docs
- wise-guys.nl
02 · Behavior
What Vagabondo does
WiseGuys runs web crawling around the clock and keeps a large web archive. The data supports products such as the Coosto social media monitoring platform and the JobFeed job database.
03 · Impact
Why Vagabondo matters for your site
If you allow it
- Can include your content in monitoring and job data products
If you block it
- Commercial data crawler
- No direct search traffic
04 · Allow
How to allow Vagabondo
robots.txt
User-agent: Vagabondo
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Vagabondo")
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: Vagabondo
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Vagabondo") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Vagabondo [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Vagabondo
Start with robots.txt. If Vagabondo keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: Vagabondo
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Vagabondo")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Vagabondo
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Vagabondo") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Vagabondo [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Vagabondo
The operator does not publish a full user agent string. Requests contain the token “Vagabondo”.
07 · Verification
Is it really Vagabondo?
Vagabondo’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 Vagabondo
Who operates Vagabondo?
Bot databases attribute Vagabondo to WiseGuys, a Dutch company offering spider and search technology.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026