What is netarkivindsamling?
netarkivindsamling is a web crawler operated by the Royal Danish Library that collects Danish internet content according to the Danish Legal Deposit Act for preservation and research purposes. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when netarkivindsamling visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 compatible; heritrix/3.14.1 +https://www.kb.dk/netarkivindsamling/ Firefox/144 |
| Operated By | Netarkivet |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is netarkivindsamling Visiting My Website?
netarkivindsamling is preserving your pages as part of a historical record. It returns periodically so the archive can capture how your content changes over time.
Should I Block netarkivindsamling?
Rarely. netarkivindsamling preserves snapshots of your pages through redesigns, migrations, and broken links. Blocking it prevents future captures but does not remove existing snapshots. To remove those, you must contact the archive directly. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for netarkivindsamling.
How Do I Block netarkivindsamling Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block netarkivindsamling from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all archivers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: netarkivindsamling # https://knownagents.com/agents/netarkivindsamling
Disallow: /Insights for netarkivindsamling
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
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From netarkivindsamling?
netarkivindsamling periodically fetches complete pages rather than checking metadata alone. Visit frequency typically rises with your site's popularity and update cadence.
Does netarkivindsamling Follow Robots.txt Rules?
netarkivindsamling 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 netarkivindsamling respects it.
Is netarkivindsamling Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. netarkivindsamling is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking netarkivindsamling Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. netarkivindsamling's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does netarkivindsamling Access Private Content?
No. netarkivindsamling archives only what an anonymous visitor can see. Anything public at crawl time may remain available in its archive long after you remove it from your site.
How Can I Verify a Request From netarkivindsamling?
Agent Analytics tracks netarkivindsamling visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "netarkivindsamling". Look for a page and its embedded assets being fetched again after a long interval. Because netarkivindsamling does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is netarkivindsamling Different From Other Netarkivet Agents?
Netarkivet operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
- kb.dk_bot: kb.dk_bot is an uncategorized agent operated by Netarkivet.