coccocbot-web user agent
Operated by Coc Coc
coccocbot-web is Coc Coc's crawler that indexes web pages for Coc Coc Search in Vietnam.
The coccocbot-web bot at a glance
- coccocbot-web is operated by Coc Coc and crawls web pages for a search engine index.
- The robots.txt token for coccocbot-web is coccocbot-web.
- Blocking a search engine crawler removes your pages from that search engine's results.
- coccocbot-web robots.txt support: Yes.
- Recommendation for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): Allow.
What is coccocbot-web?
coccocbot-web collects pages for Coc Coc Search, a search engine built for Vietnamese users. Sites targeting Vietnam benefit from being indexed there.
The coccocbot token in robots.txt controls every Coc Coc robot at once.
Should you block coccocbot-web?
Allow coccocbot-web unless it causes a measurable load problem.
| Effect on search rankings | Blocking a search engine crawler removes your pages from that search engine's results. |
|---|---|
| Effect on AI visibility | AI features built on that search index, such as Google AI Overviews and AI Mode on top of Googlebot, also lose access to your pages. |
| Follows robots.txt | Yes |
| Recommendation | Allow |
How to block or allow coccocbot-web
Put the robots.txt rule in the file at the root of every domain and subdomain, for example https://example.com/robots.txt. The token coccocbot-web is matched case-insensitively.
robots.txt: block
# Block coccocbot-web
User-agent: coccocbot-web
Disallow: /robots.txt: allow
# Allow coccocbot-web
User-agent: coccocbot-web
Allow: /robots.txt: partial
# Keep coccocbot-web out of private areas only
User-agent: coccocbot-web
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Allow: /Nginx
# Nginx: return 403 to coccocbot-web
if ($http_user_agent ~* "(coccocbot\-web)") {
return 403;
}Apache
# Apache .htaccess: return 403 to coccocbot-web
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (coccocbot\-web) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]Cloudflare WAF
# Cloudflare > Security > WAF > Custom rule, action: Block
(http.user_agent contains "coccocbot-web")How to verify real coccocbot-web traffic
Coc Coc publishes no IP list or reverse DNS pattern for coccocbot-web, so the user agent cannot be verified. Anyone can send the same string. Rate-limit unusual volume instead of trusting the name.
How to find coccocbot-web in your server logs
Search the web server access log for the token. The command below counts coccocbot-web requests per URL on Nginx or Apache.
grep -i "coccocbot-web" access.log | awk '{print $7}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -20For a full report per AI bot, upload the log to the AI Log File Analyzer, a free tool by Justin Hà.
coccocbot-web user agent string
The full user agent Coc Coc publishes for coccocbot-web. Version numbers such as Chrome/W.X.Y.Z change over time, so match the token, not the whole string.
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; coccocbot-web/1.0; +http://help.coccoc.com/searchengine)coccocbot-web FAQ
coccocbot-web identifies itself with the robots.txt token "coccocbot-web". A typical request header reads: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; coccocbot-web/1.0; +http://help.coccoc.com/searchengine)
Yes. Coc Coc states that coccocbot-web follows robots.txt rules written for the "coccocbot-web" token.
Blocking a search engine crawler removes your pages from that search engine's results. AI features built on that search index, such as Google AI Overviews and AI Mode on top of Googlebot, also lose access to your pages.
Add two lines to the robots.txt file at the root of each domain and subdomain: "User-agent: coccocbot-web" followed by "Disallow: /". The token is case-insensitive. Changes can take up to 24 hours to be picked up.
Not reliably. Coc Coc publishes no IP list or reverse DNS pattern for coccocbot-web, so anyone can send the same user agent. Rate-limit unusual volume instead of trusting the name.
Search your server access log for "coccocbot-web", for example with: grep -i "coccocbot-web" access.log. The AI Log File Analyzer by Justin Hà counts visits per AI bot from an uploaded log file.
Sources: Coc Coc crawler documentation. Last reviewed by Justin Hà.
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