What is GrapeshotCrawler?
GrapeshotCrawler analyzes web content for Oracle Advertising's contextual targeting system, classifying pages to ensure brand-safe ad placements. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when GrapeshotCrawler visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | Mozilla /5.0 (compatible; GrapeshotCrawler/2.0; +http://www.grapeshot.co.uk/crawler.php) |
| Operated By | Grapeshot |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Operator-configured crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Possibly |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is GrapeshotCrawler Visiting My Website?
Grapeshot or one of its clients may be gathering competitive intelligence, measuring advertisements, or evaluating content for brand safety. The pages requested reflect the underlying objective.
Should I Block GrapeshotCrawler?
Confirm GrapeshotCrawler's purpose before blocking it. Intelligence gatherers may collect competitive research, measure advertisements, or evaluate pages for brand safety. Weigh any benefit against sharing business or page-level data with its operator or clients. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for GrapeshotCrawler.
How Do I Block GrapeshotCrawler Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block GrapeshotCrawler from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all intelligence gatherers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: GrapeshotCrawler # https://knownagents.com/agents/grapeshotcrawler
Disallow: /Insights for GrapeshotCrawler
As of October 29, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Compliance
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
GrapeshotCrawler Traffic
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From GrapeshotCrawler?
GrapeshotCrawler's traffic pattern depends on the intelligence being collected. It may revisit specific pages on a schedule, crawl broader sections of your site, or appear only when information is requested. Its request scope and frequency reflect the underlying objective.
Does GrapeshotCrawler Follow Robots.txt Rules?
GrapeshotCrawler is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether GrapeshotCrawler respects it.
Is GrapeshotCrawler Used for AI Model Training?
Possibly, but its category does not establish that purpose. GrapeshotCrawler's operator may use or provide the collected content for AI training or for unrelated automated tasks.
Does Blocking GrapeshotCrawler Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. GrapeshotCrawler's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does GrapeshotCrawler Access Private Content?
No special access. GrapeshotCrawler can read publicly available pages but cannot bypass authentication. Assume anything you publish openly may be collected.
How Can I Verify a Request From GrapeshotCrawler?
Agent Analytics tracks GrapeshotCrawler visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "GrapeshotCrawler". Traffic may range from repeated requests to the same pages to broader crawls or one-off fetches. Because GrapeshotCrawler does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.