James BOT
What is James BOT?
About
James BOT is cognitiveSEO's web crawler that analyzes website links, content, and SEO factors. It crawls websites to provide comprehensive SEO audits, backlink analysis, and site performance data for digital marketing optimization and competitor research. You can see how often James BOT 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 | cognitive SEO Internet Marketing Tools. |
Last Updated | 3 minutes ago |
Insights
Top Website Robots.txts
Country of Origin
Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from SEO Crawlers
Robots.txt
Should I Block James BOT?
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 James BOT?
You can block James BOT 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 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.6) Gecko/20070725 Firefox/2.0.0.6 - James BOT - WebCrawler http://cognitiveseo.com/bot.html |
# robots.txt
# This should block James BOT
User-agent: James BOT
Disallow: /