<s>
Bingbot	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
web-crawling	O
robot	O
(	O
type	O
of	O
internet	B-Protocol
bot	I-Protocol
)	O
,	O
deployed	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
October	O
2010	O
to	O
supply	O
Bing	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
collects	O
documents	O
from	O
the	O
web	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
searchable	O
index	O
for	O
the	O
Bing	B-Application
(	O
search	O
engine	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
performs	O
the	O
same	O
function	O
as	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Googlebot	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
typical	O
user	B-Protocol
agent	I-Protocol
string	O
for	O
Bingbot	B-Protocol
is	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
webmaster	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
included	O
agent	O
identifier	O
,	O
"	O
bingbot	B-Protocol
"	O
,	O
to	O
disallow	O
or	O
allow	O
access	O
to	O
their	O
site	O
(	O
by	O
default	O
access	O
is	O
allowed	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
they	O
do	O
n't	O
want	O
to	O
grant	O
access	O
they	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
Robots	O
Exclusion	O
Standard	O
to	O
block	O
it	O
(	O
relying	O
on	O
the	O
assumed	O
good	O
behaviour	O
of	O
bingbot	B-Protocol
)	O
,	O
or	O
use	O
other	O
server	O
specific	O
means	O
(	O
relying	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
server	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
blocking	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
