Barkrowler
What is Barkrowler?
About
Barkrowler is an SEO web crawler operated by Babbar that analyzes websites to identify page popularity, topical relevance, and authority metrics for search engine optimization and competitive analysis research. You can see how often Barkrowler 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.
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Detail
Operated By | Babbar |
Last Updated | 15 minutes ago |
Insights
Top Website Robots.txts
Country of Origin
Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from SEO Crawlers
Top Visited Website Categories
Robots.txt
Should I Block Barkrowler?
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 Barkrowler?
You can block Barkrowler 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.
User Agent String | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Barkrowler/0.9; +https://babbar.tech/crawler) |
# robots.txt
# This should block Barkrowler
User-agent: Barkrowler
Disallow: /