# Sogou spider

Operator: Sogou
Purpose: Web search
Reviewed: 2026-09-14
HTTP identifier: Sogou web spider
robots.txt token: Sogou web spider

## What is Sogou spider?

Crawls web pages for Sogou Search using its web-spider identity.

## How to identify it

Look for the Sogou web spider identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.

## How to check identity

A User-Agent match identifies a claimed client. Check the source IP and any operator-published verification method before granting access.

## Access and robots.txt

The operator documents robots.txt rules for this identifier.

Optional full-site opt-out; merge with existing rules only if intended. Not a security control.

```text
User-agent: Sogou web spider
Disallow: /
```

## What it means in your analytics

Sogou requests describe search-engine crawling, including pages that may never receive a search click.

## Useful measures

URL coverage; Crawl errors; Repeat crawls.

## What to check next

Review the URLs Sogou requests and check that the intended public pages respond successfully.

## Sources

- [help.sogou.com](https://help.sogou.com/spider.html)
- [help.sogou.com](https://help.sogou.com/guide.html)

Operator facts are source-backed; interpretation and actions are Apostl guidance.

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