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What is Scour RSS Bot?

Direct Answer: Scour RSS Bot is a personalized RSS feed reader operated by Scour, using AI/ML to surface content matching user interests.

Operator: Scour Type: Other Bot Purpose: Personalized content feed reading and user interest-based content surfacing

Scour RSS Bot is a bot operated by Scour, a personalized content feed service. It uses semantic search to rank items based on user interests and does not use website content to train AI models. The bot checks feeds for updates every 900 seconds and sends 1 request per feed.

User-Agent Identification

The following user-agent strings identify Scour RSS Bot in your live traffic data:

  • ScourRSSBot/1.0 (+https://scour.ing/bot)
  • Scour/1.0 (+https://scour.ing/bot)
  • ScourBot/1.0 (+https://scour.ing/bot)

robots.txt Rules for Scour RSS Bot

Respects robots.txt: No

Robots.txt has limited effect on user-initiated bots

Scour RSS Bot is triggered by user actions within Scour's products. While Scour states it respects robots.txt, the bot operates differently from autonomous crawlers — it fetches specific URLs on demand rather than systematically spidering your site. Server-log monitoring is the only reliable way to verify what actually happens.

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Crawl Behavior

Frequency:Every 900 Seconds

Request Pattern:Sends 1 Request Per Feed, With If-Modified-Since And If-None-Match Headers For Conditional Requests

Official Documentation Quotes

"Scour does not use website content to train AI models."

"Scour does not follow the robots.txt exclusion list."

Crawl Activity Index

Relative crawl activity for Scour RSS Bot over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.

View recent activity data (last 7 days)
Date Activity Index
Mar 26, 2026 88.0
Mar 27, 2026 82.7
Mar 28, 2026 83.1
Mar 29, 2026 81.8
Mar 30, 2026 87.3
Mar 31, 2026 90.2
Apr 1, 2026 88.8

Source: Cloudflare Radar

Why track Scour RSS Bot traffic?

Identify and classify unknown crawler activity. Scour RSS Bot may appear in your live traffic data with varying frequency. Tracking its behavior helps you decide whether to allow, throttle, or block it based on actual data.

Protect your crawl budget. Every bot request consumes server resources. Understanding what Scour RSS Bot crawls helps you prioritize the crawlers that matter.

Log Verification

To verify Scour RSS Bot traffic in your live traffic data:

  1. Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
  2. Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by Scour)
  3. Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
  4. Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available

IP Verification: Scour provides official IP verification via Published IP ranges. View verification instructions →

IP addresses may change when the hosting provider moves Scour to a new machine

Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.

Undocumented Information

The following information is not officially documented for Scour RSS Bot:

  • JavaScript rendering behavior confirmation

Official Documentation

View Official Scour RSS Bot Documentation →

Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.