AhrefsBot

What is AhrefsBot?

About

AhrefsBot is Ahrefs' web crawler that powers both the Ahrefs marketing intelligence platform and Yep search engine, constantly crawling the web to build a comprehensive link database. You can see how often AhrefsBot visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics.

Expected Behavior

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) crawlers do not adhere to a fixed visitation schedule for websites. The frequency of visits varies widely based on several factors, including the search keywords it ranks for, and how many other websites link to it.

Type

SEO Crawler
Discovers search engine optimization insights

Detail

Operated By Ahrefs
Last Updated 4 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

5%
5% of top websites are blocking AhrefsBot
Learn How →

Country of Origin

Canada
AhrefsBot normally visits from Canada

Global Traffic

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The percentage of all internet traffic coming from SEO Crawlers

Top Visited Website Categories

Books and Literature
Computers and Electronics
Pets and Animals
Jobs and Education
Shopping
How Do I Get These Insights for My Website?
Use the WordPress plugin, Node.js package, or API to get started in seconds.
Set Up Agent Analytics

Robots.txt

Should I Block AhrefsBot?

Probably not, especially if you benefit from an SEO service yourself. However, you might choose to block them if you're concerned about things like server resource usage.

How Do I Block AhrefsBot?

You can block AhrefsBot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics to check whether it's actually following them.

How Do I Block All SEO Crawlers?
Serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks new SEO crawlers automatically.
Set Up Automatic Robots.txt
User Agent String Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/7.0; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/) 
# In your robots.txt ...

User-agent: AhrefsBot # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/ahrefsbot
Disallow: /

⚠️ Manual Robots.txt Editing Is Not Scalable

New agents are created every day. We recommend setting up Dark Visitors Automatic Robots.txt if you want to block all agents of this type.

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