Meta · Other
meta-externalads
Identify meta-externalads by its user agent. Check request identity, review robots.txt controls and track visits in Aiola Analytics.
Key facts
meta-externaladsWhat meta-externalads is
meta-externalads crawls content to improve Meta advertising and other business products and services.
In Aiola's taxonomy, Other means fetched for ads or link previews rather than answering, indexing, or training.
meta-externalads user agent
Look for the match token inside the complete HTTP User-Agent header. Tokens can be spoofed, so use the network checks below for authentication.
meta-externalads/1.1 (+/documentation/sharing/webmasters/web-crawlers)meta-externaladsOfficial IP ranges
Meta's network is identified here as AS32934. ASN ownership is a useful signal, not a bot-specific allowlist; combine it with the User-Agent and request behavior.
Verify a meta-externalads request
For meta-externalads, check AS32934 network ownership alongside the user-agent token and request behavior. An ASN cannot authenticate one bot.
Network ownership covers more than this crawler identity. Use your own request controls and review the vendor documentation before allowing traffic.
Control meta-externalads with robots.txt
Meta documents crawler controls for this bot family. Robots.txt can direct cooperative crawling, but it cannot prove that a request is authentic.
User-agent: meta-externalads
Allow: /User-agent: meta-externalads
Disallow: /Aiola Analytics
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