Barkrowler

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What is Barkrowler?

About

Barkrowler is an SEO crawler operated by Babbar. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often Barkrowler visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.

Detail

Operator Babbar
Documentation https://babbar.tech/crawler

Type

SEO Crawler
Discovers search engine optimization insights

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.

Agent Analytics

Visits to Your Website

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Top Websites

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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 Token Description
Barkrowler Should match instances of Barkrowler
# robots.txt
# This should block Barkrowler

User-agent: Barkrowler
Disallow: /

Recommended Solution

Instead of doing this manually, use automatic robots.txt to keep your rules updated with the latest AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.

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