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Customized User Agent
User question:
> I understand by default, WebSite-Watcher is identified as Chrome.
> Our customer would want to identify us when WebSite-Watcher polls their
> server. Is there a specific way to configure the User-Agent to identify us?
> (i.e Similar to GoogleBot)
You can define a custom User Agent either globally in the program configuration or individually per bookmark in the bookmark properties.
To enter a custom User Agent in the program configuration:
| 1. | Open the program configuration |
| 2. | Select the tab "Advanced" |
| 3. | Select "User Agent" on the left side |
| 4. | Enter a customized user agent, for example WSW |
To enter a custom User Agent per bookmark:
| 1. | Open the bookmark properties |
| 2. | Select the tab "Advanced" |
| 3. | Select "Check options(2)" on the left side |
| 4. | Enter a customized user agent, for example WSWATCH |
You can also pre-define the user agent for all bookmarks in a certain folder, more information can be found in article Pre-define bookmark properties
