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If an AI agent is performing a search on behalf of a user, should its user agent be the same as that user’s?
by condiment 2y ago
If an AI agent is performing a search on behalf of a user, should its user agent be the same as that user’s?
- gumby 2y agoI think that’s the ideal as the server may provide different data depending on UA. Does anyone actually do this, though?
- JoosToopit 2y agoI fake my UA the way I like.
- compootr 2y agoexactly, web standards are simply a suggestion, you can work around them any way you want
- gumby 2y agoAnd why shouldn’t you — it’s your computer! But my question should have been phrased, “are there any frameworks commonly in use these days that provide different js payloads to different clients? I’ve been out of that part of the biz for a very long time so this could be a naive question.
- Filligree 2y agoUsers don’t have user agent strings, user agents do.
- lofaszvanitt 2y agoIt should, erm sorry, must pass all the info it got from the user to you, so you would have an idea who wanted info from your site.