Webzio bot

The Webzio bot is a web crawler from the company Webz.io. It is an intelligence-gathering bot that systematically browses the internet to collect information for Webz.io's web intelligence platform. The bot identifies itself in server logs with the user-agent string Webzio. Unlike search engine crawlers, its behavior is typically targeted toward specific types of content based on the needs of Webz.io's clients.

The Webzio bot is crawling your site to gather specific information that aligns with the intelligence needs of Webz.io's clients. It is looking for publicly available content that might provide insights into market trends, brand sentiment, or other business intelligence factors. The frequency of its visits depends on how relevant your content is to these objectives. The crawling is an authorized part of Webz.io's business operations, though it is not a crawl you would have explicitly requested.

The purpose of the Webzio bot is to serve as a data collection tool for the Webz.io web intelligence platform. The information it gathers is processed and analyzed to provide actionable insights to businesses. For website owners, there is no direct benefit from the bot's crawling, unless you are a Webz.io client. However, the bot is designed to follow standard web crawling etiquette and should not impose a significant load on your server.

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

To block this bot, add the following lines to your robots.txt file:

User-agent: Webzio
Disallow: /