BingPreview
OthersVerify BingPreview IP Address
Verify if an IP address truly belongs to Microsoft, using official verification methods. Enter both IP address and User-Agent from your logs for the most accurate bot verification.
BingPreview is Microsoft’s rendering and compatibility crawler used to evaluate how webpages appear in browsers and Bing search features. It fetches pages to test layout, mobile responsiveness, JavaScript rendering, and visual elements. These checks help Bing understand how content will display in search results and improve snippet generation and ranking signals tied to user experience. Crawl activity is moderate and often concentrated on pages important to Bing’s index. Its purpose is to simulate real-browser behavior and refine Bing’s presentation quality. RobotSense.io verifies BingPreview using Microsoft’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine BingPreview traffic is identified.
User Agent Examples
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; bingbot/2.0; +http://www.bing.com/bingbot.htm)Robots.txt Configuration for BingPreview
BingPreviewUse this identifier in your robots.txt User-agent directive to target BingPreview.
Recommended Configuration
Our recommended robots.txt configuration for BingPreview:
User-agent: BingPreview
Allow: /Completely Block BingPreview
Prevent this bot from crawling your entire site:
User-agent: BingPreview
Disallow: /Completely Allow BingPreview
Allow this bot to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: BingPreview
Allow: /Block Specific Paths
Block this bot from specific directories or pages:
User-agent: BingPreview
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/Allow Only Specific Paths
Block everything but allow specific directories:
User-agent: BingPreview
Disallow: /
Allow: /public/
Allow: /blog/Set Crawl Delay
Limit how frequently BingPreview can request pages (in seconds):
User-agent: BingPreview
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10Note: This bot does not officially mention about honoring Crawl-Delay rule.