IbouBot — What It Is and How to Handle It

IbouBot is a web crawler operated by Ibou that indexes publicly cited URLs to build a graph representation of the web for their search engine service. The bot crawls pages found on public websites to maintain and update their web database and metrics.

Operator: IbouBot | Type: Search Engine | Category: Search Engine

IbouBot is classified as search engine. Use Centinel to monitor its behavior and decide whether to allow, block, challenge, or monetize its access to your content.

Centinel automatically detects IbouBot using behavioral fingerprinting. When detected, you can allow it, block it, challenge it with an interstitial page, or set a per-request licensing fee — all enforced in real-time with under 2ms latency.