GlimscopeBot

GlimscopeBot runs automated accessibility checks requested by Glimscope users, who must confirm they own or are authorised to test the site and verify the domain before scheduled scans. It loads the page the user adds and, on plans that include crawling, follows links to other pages on the same site, up to the plan's page limit. GlimscopeBot follows robots.txt when it crawls a site and for free one-off scans. Owners who have verified their domain in Glimscope can also scan their own pages directly. It waits between requests and loads one page at a time per site, and does not log in or submit forms.

How to identify it

Requests carry the user agent Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; GlimscopeBot/1.0; +https://glimscope.com/bot).

robots.txt

For free one-off scans, GlimscopeBot reads /robots.txt and does not scan a page that is disallowed for GlimscopeBot or for all user agents (*). Scheduled monitoring runs only on domains whose owner has verified control of the domain in their Glimscope account.

User-agent: GlimscopeBot
Disallow: /

Opting out

The quickest way to stop GlimscopeBot is robots.txt (above); it takes effect from the next visit.

To report abuse or opt your site out, email abuse@glimscope.com.