What Is Level9SearchBot?

Level9SearchBot is a web crawler operated by Level 9, a company that provides website design and development services for credit unions and community banks. The bot crawls websites as part of their platform's functionality or for indexing purposes related to their services. You can use Agent Analytics to see how often Level9SearchBot visits your website.

Agent Type

Expected Behavior

Search engine crawlers systematically index websites to power search engines by discovering, analyzing, and cataloging web content. They visit sites on dynamic schedules determined by algorithmic priorities rather than fixed intervals. Crawl frequency depends on factors like site popularity, content freshness, update frequency, and domain authority. These crawlers typically respect robots.txt rules and throttle their requests to avoid overwhelming servers.

Detail

Robots.txt

In this example, all pages are blocked. You can customize which pages are off-limits by swapping out / for a different disallowed path.

User-agent: Level9SearchBot # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/level9searchbot
Disallow: /

Frequently Asked Questions About Level9SearchBot

Should I Block Level9SearchBot?

Definitely no. Level9SearchBot is essential for content discovery and website traffic. Blocking it will severely impact your search engine rankings and organic traffic. Only block Level9SearchBot if you have compelling security or resource concerns.

How Do I Block Level9SearchBot?

If you want to, you can block or limit Level9SearchBot's access by configuring user agent token rules in your robots.txt file. The best way to do this is using Robots.txt Categories, which update automatically as new agents are discovered. While the vast majority of agents operated by reputable companies honor these robots.txt directives, bad actors may choose to ignore them entirely. In that case, you'll need to implement alternative blocking methods such as firewall rules or server-level restrictions. You can verify whether Level9SearchBot is respecting your rules by setting up Agent Analytics to monitor its visits to your website.

Will Blocking Level9SearchBot Hurt My SEO?

Blocking search engine crawlers will severely damage your SEO rankings and organic traffic. These crawlers are essential for search engine indexing and visibility. Only block specific crawlers if you have critical security concerns, and expect significant negative impact on search performance.

Does Level9SearchBot Access Private Content?

Search engine crawlers are designed to index only publicly accessible content. They respect robots.txt rules and don't attempt to access password-protected pages, private user accounts, or authenticated areas. However, they may index content that's technically public but not intended for search visibility, such as unlisted pages or development environments.

How Can I Tell if Level9SearchBot Is Visiting My Website?

Setting up Agent Analytics will give you realtime visibility into Level9SearchBot visiting your website, along with hundreds of other AI agents, crawlers, and scrapers. This will also let you measure human traffic to your website coming from AI search and chat LLM platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.

Why Is Level9SearchBot Visiting My Website?

Level9SearchBot discovered your site through web discovery methods like following links from other websites, processing your sitemap, finding mentions of your domain, or through direct submission to the search engine. Your site was included in their crawl queue as part of their effort to maintain a comprehensive web index.

How Can I Authenticate Visits From Level9SearchBot?

Agent Analytics authenticates agent visits from many agents, letting you know whether each one was actually from that agent, or spoofed by a bad actor. This helps you identify suspicious traffic patterns and make informed decisions about blocking or allowing specific user agents.

References

• https://level9.com/