What is Spiderling?

Spiderling is a web crawler bot that identifies itself with the user agent 'spiderling.' It is typically used for automated crawling and indexing of web pages, enabling the collection of large-scale web data for research, analytics, or search engine indexing. While not as widely recognized as major search engine bots, Spiderling is often linked to projects such as Common Crawl, which aim to create open repositories of web data. The bot systematically visits websites, retrieves content, and follows links to build comprehensive datasets. Website administrators may encounter Spiderling in their server logs, and its activity is generally focused on gathering publicly accessible information rather than engaging in malicious behavior. Its presence is a sign of data collection for purposes such as academic research, machine learning, or search engine development.

Total recordings for spiderling: 13