Agent directory / Meta-ExternalAds
Meta-ExternalAds
Observed live across sites Botfall meters — measured, not copied from docs
Last seen16 minutes ago
First seen60 days ago
Fetches · 24h2
Fetches · 30d28
Sites seen on1
Identity verified no published ranges
Networks observed FACEBOOK - Facebook, Inc.
| Operator | Meta |
| Purpose | Ad-quality crawl |
| Identifies as | User-agent substring: meta-externalads |
| Notes | Ads/business-product crawler. |
What the operator publishes
Their documentation, not our measurements — re-checked automatically every day.
| Operator documentation | https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/webmasters/web-crawlers link checked 2026-09-30 |
Provenance
What establishes this record, and when it was last checked — no speculative entries.
- developers.facebook.com web-crawlers docschecked 2026-08-01
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