Ordering your bots

When you create new bots we automatically add them at the top of the list. It makes your list easy to manage since the most recently created bot is the most visible for you. However, many people don't realize that the bots' order affects the targeting. It doesn't matter if you have only 1 bot on your website, but it's essential knowledge if you have multiple bots for different pages and even multiple websites.

How does the targeting work within the bot's list

When someone visits your page, our script on your page sends a request to our server to retrieve the correct bot for that page. Our server checks if there are active bots (set to 'Live' status) in your Bots list. After that, the server checks the targeting rules for each active bot on the list in the order of the Bots list (from the top to the bottom). Once it finds a bot that matches the targeting rules, it stops checking the list and sends this bot to the script on your page. It means:

• if you have a page that matches the rules of more than one bot, it will show the one higher on the list;
• If there are no targeting rules on your bots, it will show the first bot on the list;
• If there are both bots with targeting rules and without targeting rules, it will check the bots with targeting rules first, and if there are no matches it will take the highest bot on the list without targeting rules.

Example 1

We have a list of 3 bots.

1. Bot #1 without targeting rules
2. Bot #2 with a targeting rule URL starts with https://test.com
3. Bot #3 with a targeting rule URL contains 'contact'

We open https://test.com/contact. This page fits the targeting rules of Bot #2 and Bot #3, but Bot #2 is higher on the list, so this is the bot that will appear on the page.

Example 2

We have the list reordered.

1. Bot #1 without targeting rules
2. Bot #3 with a targeting rule URL contains 'contact'
3. Bot #2 with a targeting rule URL starts with https://test.com

We open https://test.com/contact. In this case, Bot #3 for the contact page will appear, because it is now higher on the list.

Example 3

We have the same list of the bots, but a different page.

1. Bot #1 without targeting rules
2. Bot #3 with a targeting rule URL contains 'contact'
3. Bot #2 with a targeting rule URL starts with https://test.com

We open https://anotherwebsite.com/. In this case, neither of the bots fit the targeting rules, which means that Bot #1 (without targeting rules) will appear on the page.

How to order bots

We have two ways to order your bots.

1. Drag and drop.

Click on the three vertical dots on the left of the bots and drag the bot to the correct position on the list.

2. 'Move' button.

Hover on the bot for the additional buttons to appear. Just click on the 'Move' button and choose the number of the position from the drop-down.