FemtosearchBot

[Bewenched]

38.126.157.48 (United States)4/28/2023 8:22:19 PM/robots.txt792195301 - Moved PermanentlyPOSTNo ReferrerMozilla/5.0 (compatible; FemtosearchBot/1.0; http://femtosearch.com)

hit robots.txt twice and left

They claim to be "The Search Engine for Maximum Privacy"
But their own site doesn't have SSL.... lol

[edited by: phranque at 10:27 pm (utc) on Apr 29, 2023]
[edit reason] unlinked url for clarity [/edit]

[not2easy]

I noticed that lucy24 has also seen that femtosearch bot from the 38. Cogent neighborhood here: [webmasterworld.com...] I'd add |femto| to my blocked UAs section.

BTW, I've noticed that a lot of bots offer a http: link to read about their bots' intent.

[lucy24]

Seeing the subject header, I took a quick look at raw logs. I see a fair number of Femto--blocked on header grounds--in November and February, nothing in March, and most recently a sole request for robots.txt in April. This may mean they are under new management, because they have a past history of non-compliance. We Shall See.

BTW, I've noticed that a lot of bots offer a http: link to read about their bots' intent

That makes sense. Similarly, my robots.txt is exempt from all canonicalization rules, whether www or https, because I don't want to give anyone an excuse not to be able to read it.