coccocbot-image user agent
Operated by Coc Coc
coccocbot-image is Coc Coc's crawler that indexes images for Coc Coc image search.
The coccocbot-image bot at a glance
- coccocbot-image is operated by Coc Coc and crawls web pages for a search engine index.
- The robots.txt token for coccocbot-image is coccocbot-image.
- Blocking a search engine crawler removes your pages from that search engine's results.
- coccocbot-image robots.txt support: Yes.
- Recommendation for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): Allow.
What is coccocbot-image?
coccocbot-image fetches image files for image results on Coc Coc.
A coccocbot-image rule only affects images.
Should you block coccocbot-image?
Allow coccocbot-image 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-image
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-image is matched case-insensitively.
robots.txt: block
# Block coccocbot-image
User-agent: coccocbot-image
Disallow: /robots.txt: allow
# Allow coccocbot-image
User-agent: coccocbot-image
Allow: /robots.txt: partial
# Keep coccocbot-image out of private areas only
User-agent: coccocbot-image
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Allow: /Nginx
# Nginx: return 403 to coccocbot-image
if ($http_user_agent ~* "(coccocbot\-image)") {
return 403;
}Apache
# Apache .htaccess: return 403 to coccocbot-image
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (coccocbot\-image) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]Cloudflare WAF
# Cloudflare > Security > WAF > Custom rule, action: Block
(http.user_agent contains "coccocbot-image")How to verify real coccocbot-image traffic
Coc Coc publishes no IP list or reverse DNS pattern for coccocbot-image, 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-image in your server logs
Search the web server access log for the token. The command below counts coccocbot-image requests per URL on Nginx or Apache.
grep -i "coccocbot-image" 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-image user agent string
The full user agent Coc Coc publishes for coccocbot-image. 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-image/1.0; +http://help.coccoc.com/searchengine)coccocbot-image FAQ
coccocbot-image identifies itself with the robots.txt token "coccocbot-image". A typical request header reads: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; coccocbot-image/1.0; +http://help.coccoc.com/searchengine)
Yes. Coc Coc states that coccocbot-image follows robots.txt rules written for the "coccocbot-image" 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-image" 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-image, so anyone can send the same user agent. Rate-limit unusual volume instead of trusting the name.
Search your server access log for "coccocbot-image", for example with: grep -i "coccocbot-image" 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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