Bot IP: 123.183.224.152

Name: Bot IP Lookup: 123.183.224.152 (Sogou Spider)
Creator: Track-A-Bot

Sogou Spider is the web crawling bot operated by Sogou, a major Chinese search engine, used to index web content for its search results.

Unverified

Track-A-Bot Trust Score: 51/100

score

0255075100

Why Track-A-Bot rated this IP (tap to expand)

Identity

✅ Marked as bot traffic
✅ Bot name present
⚠️ User-agent does not match bot name
ℹ️ No identity link/email in user-agent

Hostname

✅ Hostname observed
ℹ️ Hostname does not resemble bot name
ℹ️ Hostname status not verified
✅ No hostname mismatch flags

Behavior

ℹ️ No /robots.txt request observed
✅ No referrer (typical crawler behavior)
⚠️ Many non-200/304 responses
📌 Visits: 2
⏱️ Age: 151h

Penalties

✅ No major spoof pattern
✅ No fingerprint fields
✅ Cookies not enabled
✅ No connection type

Total visits: 2 First seen: Mar 17th, 2024 9:15 PM Last seen: Mar 24th, 2024 4:38 AM

Known Hostname(s)

sogouspider-123-183-224-152.crawl.sogou.com

Known User Agent(s)

Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/73.0.3683.86 Safari/537.36

Known Accepted Language(s)

zh-cn

Known Accepted Encoding(s)

gzip,deflate

Common User-Agent Tokens

These are identifiers found inside user-agent strings we observed for sogou-spider.

Token

Seen

First seen

Last seen

sogou

11,479

3/19/24

12/12/25

sogou 11,479 seen

First 3/19/24

Last 12/12/25

spider/4.0

11,478

3/19/24

12/12/25

spider/4.0 11,478 seen

First 3/19/24

Last 12/12/25

web

11,478

3/19/24

12/12/25

web 11,478 seen

First 3/19/24

Last 12/12/25

x86_64

3/17/24

7/30/24

x86_64 66 seen

First 3/17/24

Last 7/30/24

build/grj22

12/12/24

12/12/25

build/grj22 3 seen

First 12/12/24

Last 12/12/25

cyanogenmod-7

12/12/24

12/12/25

cyanogenmod-7 3 seen

First 12/12/24

Last 12/12/25

mb200

12/12/24

12/12/25

mb200 3 seen

First 12/12/24

Last 12/12/25

mqqbrowser/26

12/12/24

12/12/25

mqqbrowser/26 3 seen

First 12/12/24

Last 12/12/25

build/huaweibra-al00

12/18/24

build/huaweibra-al00 1 seen

First 12/18/24

Last 12/18/24

covc/046801

12/18/24

covc/046801 1 seen

First 12/18/24

Last 12/18/24

mqqbrowser/14.6

12/18/24

mqqbrowser/14.6 1 seen

First 12/18/24

Last 12/18/24

pic

11/2/25

pic 1 seen

First 11/2/25

Last 11/2/25

spider/3.0

11/2/25

spider/3.0 1 seen

First 11/2/25

Last 11/2/25

vog-al00

12/18/24

vog-al00 1 seen

First 12/18/24

Last 12/18/24

Identity Links

These are URLs we observed in association with sogou-spider (often used as an identity, help, or policy link).

URL

Seen

First seen

Last seen

www.sogou.com/docs/help/webmasters.htm#07

11,479

3/19/24

12/12/25

www.sogou.com/docs/help/webmasters.htm#07 11,479 seen www.sogou.com

First 3/19/24

Last 12/12/25

Bot FAQ for this IP

Why is sogou-spider visiting my website?

Sogou-spider is visiting your website most likely to index its content for the Sogou search engine, which is popular in China. The visits from IP 123.183.224.152 show a user agent identifying as 'sogou-spider' and a hostname that matches Sogou's known crawling infrastructure. Crawlers like this typically scan public web pages to update search results. If you do not want sogou-spider to access your site, you can use a robots.txt file to set rules for its behavior.

What does sogou-spider do?

Sogou-spider is an automated web crawler operated by Sogou, a major Chinese search engine. Its main function is to systematically browse and index publicly available web pages, allowing them to appear in Sogou's search results. The bot accesses your site using a user agent string similar to a web browser and connects from hostnames like 'sogouspider-123-183-224-152.crawl.sogou.com'. You can verify its identity by checking reverse DNS and monitoring its behavior for compliance with your site's rules.

Is sogou-spider safe?

Based on the available data, sogou-spider appears to be a legitimate search engine crawler. However, as with any automated bot, it is important to monitor its activity for unusual patterns, such as excessive requests or attempts to access restricted areas. To manage its impact, consider: 1) Setting clear rules in your robots.txt file, 2) Implementing rate limiting to prevent server overload, 3) Using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) for added protection, and 4) Verifying the bot's identity via reverse DNS lookups. If you notice suspicious behavior, you may choose to block or further restrict its access.

This page provides a detailed lookup for the bot with the IP address of 123.183.224.152, based on real-world traffic observed across websites using Track-A-Bot software. Use this information to verify whether activity from this IP belongs to a legitimate search engine crawler, or to analyze bot behavior on your website.