Bot IP: 123.183.224.153

Name: Bot IP Lookup: 123.183.224.153 (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: 41/100

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: 1
⏱️ Age: 0h

Penalties

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

Total visits: 1 First seen: Mar 18th, 2024 12:58 PM Last seen: Mar 18th, 2024 12:58 PM

Known Hostname(s)

sogouspider-123-183-224-153.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. According to the recent log, the visit came from the IP 123.183.224.153, with a user agent that mimics a standard browser and a hostname that resolves to sogouspider-123-183-224-153.crawl.sogou.com. This suggests the visit is automated and intended for web crawling. If you do not wish to be crawled, you can use a robots.txt file to disallow access, or set up rate limiting to control the frequency of visits.

What does sogou-spider do?

Sogou-spider is a web crawler operated by Sogou, a Chinese search engine. Its primary function is to automatically browse and index web pages so they can appear in Sogou's search results. The crawler typically requests pages using identifiable hostnames and user agents. In your case, it accessed the homepage of your site. If you want to manage how sogou-spider interacts with your site, you can specify rules in your robots.txt file, monitor its activity, or block its IP if necessary.

Is sogou-spider safe?

Based on the available data, sogou-spider appears to be a legitimate search engine crawler, as indicated by its user agent and reverse DNS. However, some web crawlers can cause high server load or ignore site rules. To ensure safety: 1) Monitor its activity for unusual patterns. 2) Use robots.txt to control access. 3) Implement rate limiting to prevent excessive requests. 4) Consider using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) for added protection. 5) Verify the crawler's identity by checking the reverse DNS and user agent. If you notice suspicious behavior, you may want to block or further investigate the IP.

This page provides a detailed lookup for the bot with the IP address of 123.183.224.153, 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.