Who operates Internet Archive - Archive-It?

Internet Archive - Archive-It is operated by Archive-It. It functions as Archive-It's web archiver.

Does Internet Archive - Archive-It respect robots.txt?

Archive-It has not published a robots.txt commitment for Internet Archive - Archive-It. Treat its behavior as unconfirmed and watch your access logs to see whether your rules are honored.

Should I block Internet Archive - Archive-It?

Usually no. Public archives are widely used for research and citation. Block Internet Archive - Archive-It only if you do not want durable third-party copies of your pages to exist.

Internet Archive - Archive-It - What It Is & How to Handle It

What is Internet Archive - Archive-It?

Internet Archive - Archive-It is Archive-It's web archiver. Internet Archive’s Archive-It service preserves publicly accessible web pages for the historical record.

Internet Archive - Archive-It preserves copies of pages over time. Archived snapshots outlive your live site, and AI systems frequently train on and cite archived copies, so what Internet Archive - Archive-It captures can keep shaping how your brand is described long after you change or remove a page.

Like any automated client, Internet Archive - Archive-It consumes crawl budget and appears in your server and CDN logs. Reviewing those logs alongside your robots.txt rules helps you keep automated traffic deliberate and easy to reason about.

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How to handle Internet Archive - Archive-It

Most sites leave Internet Archive - Archive-It allowed, since public archives are widely used for research and citation. Disallow it if you do not want durable third-party copies of your pages.

To control Internet Archive - Archive-It, add a rule for its user agent to your robots.txt:

User-agent: Archive-It
Disallow: /

Archive-It does not publish a robots.txt commitment for Internet Archive - Archive-It, so confirm how it behaves by watching your access logs.

Examples

A site owner reviews which pages Internet Archive - Archive-It has captured before retiring an old section of the site.
A compliance team keeps Internet Archive - Archive-It allowed so a public record of what was published continues to exist.

Related bots

Internet Archive Bot

The Internet Archive bot, also known as archive.org_bot, is the web crawler for the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It systematically crawls and preserves publicly accessible web pages for historical record.

Archiver