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Sogou web spider

Sogou web spider is the search index crawler run by Sogou: indexes pages for Sogou search in China. Its operator publishes no IP ranges or DNS names for it, so a request carrying this name cannot be verified. Treat the name in a log line as a claim.

User-agent tokenSogou web spider
OperatorSogou
What it doesindexes pages for Sogou search in China
Kindsearch index crawler
Can a request be verified?No — user agent string only
In a CrawlCheck scanRead from robots.txt; reported, never scored

Allow or block it in robots.txt

User-agent: Sogou web spider
Disallow: /
User-agent: Sogou web spider
Allow: /

Add a group that names it: "User-agent: Sogou web spider" followed by "Disallow: /". A crawler follows only the most specific group that names it, so once a group names Sogou web spider, rules under "User-agent: *" no longer apply to it; repeat in that group any Disallow lines you still want.

What blocking it changes

No. It indexes for a regional search engine; allowing it matters only if you serve that market.

See what Sogou web spider and every other named agent receive from your own site: run a free scan. The full catalogue is on AI crawlers and as JSON at /ai-crawlers.json.

Questions about Sogou web spider

QHow do I block Sogou web spider in robots.txt?
Add a group that names it: "User-agent: Sogou web spider" followed by "Disallow: /". A crawler follows only the most specific group that names it, so once a group names Sogou web spider, rules under "User-agent: *" no longer apply to it; repeat in that group any Disallow lines you still want.
QHow can I tell if a request from Sogou web spider is real?
Its operator publishes no IP ranges or DNS names for it, so a request carrying this name cannot be verified. Treat the name in a log line as a claim.
QDoes blocking Sogou web spider affect whether my site appears in AI answers?
No. It indexes for a regional search engine; allowing it matters only if you serve that market.
QDoes CrawlCheck test my site as Sogou web spider?
Not as a request. CrawlCheck reads the rules your robots.txt sets for Sogou web spider and reports them. Rules for it are reported and never scored, because refusing it is a policy choice.