Link preview bot
VK link preview
Bots that build the preview cards shown when your links are shared.
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At a glance
| Category | Link preview bot |
|---|---|
| User agent match | contains "vkshare" |
| Executes JavaScript | No |
| Respects robots.txt | No |
| Identity verifiable | No, the name is only a claim |
| IVT class | GIVT (general invalid traffic: declared automation) |
What VK link preview is
VK link preview fetches a page when somebody shares its link, to build the preview card: title, image, description. Its visits are a byproduct of people sharing your content, which makes them mildly good news. It reads a page once per share and leaves.
Can the name be trusted?
There is no published way to verify VK link preview: the operator provides no IP ranges and no reverse DNS scheme, so the name in the user agent is only a claim. Any script can send it. TrueVisit still names the traffic, and weighs the claim against behavioral signals instead of trusting it.
Should you block it?
Do not block VK link preview. The only thing blocking achieves is that links to your own articles render as bare URLs instead of preview cards on that platform, which suppresses the sharing you presumably want. Its traffic is already filtered out of your human numbers, so there is nothing to clean up.
How TrueVisit reports it
Visits from VK link preview appear in your bot report under this exact name, never as an anonymous percentage, and every verdict stores the reason it was reached. Because this client never executes JavaScript, a browser-only tracker cannot see it at all; it is visible through server-side collection, which is how the visits reach your report.