Pandalytics bot

The Pandalytics bot is an intelligence-gathering web crawler for DomainsBot, a company that provides domain name analytics and market intelligence. The bot's function is to collect and analyze information related to domain registration trends and DNS configurations. It identifies itself in server logs with a standardized user-agent string like Pandalytics/2.0 (https://domainsbot.com/pandalytics/). It employs selective crawling, prioritizing websites related to domain registration services and hosting providers.

The Pandalytics bot is crawling your site to collect data for domain industry intelligence. If your website is related to domain registration or hosting services, it is a high-priority target. The bot specifically looks for content related to domain pricing, availability, and transfer terms. It may also be collecting information about your site's CMS and SSL certificate details. The crawling is part of a legitimate business operation, and the bot respects standard web protocols like robots.txt.

The purpose of the Pandalytics bot is to serve as a data collection tool for DomainsBot's business intelligence services. It gathers information about the domain name industry to provide insights into competitor strategies and market positioning. The data it collects enables competitive pricing analysis and market share estimation. While the crawler primarily benefits DomainsBot and its clients, some website owners may be concerned about the aggregation of their business data for competitive analysis.

To prevent the Pandalytics bot from accessing your website, you can add a specific disallow rule to your robots.txt file. This is the standard method for managing access for web crawlers.

Add the following lines to your robots.txt file to block this bot:

User-agent: Pandalytics
Disallow: /