Identity: Publishes its IP addresses.
How to recognise it
- Published IP list: https://www.bing.com/toolbox/bingbot.json
- Reverse DNS ends in
search.msn.com(then forward-confirm) - User agent contains
bingbot,adidxbot,BingPreview,MicrosoftPreview
Allow or block
To opt out, add to robots.txt:
User-agent: bingbot
Disallow: /With Double Agent
Sessions from Bingbot are labelled bot with agent_id: microsoft.bingbot, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to. Install: https://doubleagent.so/install.md
Source: https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/which-crawlers-does-bing-use-8c184ec0