BrightEdge Crawler
What is BrightEdge Crawler?
About
BrightEdge Crawler is an SEO crawler operated by BrightEdge. 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 set up agent analytics to see when BrightEdge Crawler visits your website.
Detail
Operator | BrightEdge |
Type
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.
Insights
BrightEdge Crawler Visiting Your Website
Half of your traffic probably comes from artificial agents, and there are more of them every day. Track their activity with the API or WordPress plugin.
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Access Control
Should I Block BrightEdge Crawler?
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.
Using Robots.txt
You can block BrightEdge Crawler or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. We recommend setting up agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
User Agent Token | Description |
---|---|
BrightEdge Crawler |
Should match instances of BrightEdge Crawler |
# robots.txt
# This should block BrightEdge Crawler
User-agent: BrightEdge Crawler
Disallow: /
Instead of doing this manually, you can use the API or Wordpress plugin to keep your robots.txt updated with the latest known AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.
Set Up Automatic Robots.txt