Screaming Frog SEO Spider

Last updated 21 hours ago.

What is Screaming Frog SEO Spider?

About

Screaming Frog SEO Spider is an SEO crawler operated by Screaming Frog. 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.

Track Screaming Frog SEO Spider Visiting Your Website
You can see when Screaming Frog SEO Spider visits your website using the API or WordPress plugin.
Set Up Agent Analytics

Detail

Operator Screaming Frog
Documentation https://screamingfrog.co.uk/seo-spider/

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.

Insights

Screaming Frog SEO Spider's Activity on 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.

Set Up Agent Analytics

Other Websites

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of top websites are currently blocking Screaming Frog SEO Spider in some way
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Access Control

Should I Block Screaming Frog SEO Spider?

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

User Agent Token Description
Screaming Frog SEO Spider Should match instances of Screaming Frog SEO Spider

You can block Screaming Frog SEO Spider or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.

# robots.txt
# This should block Screaming Frog SEO Spider

User-agent: Screaming Frog SEO Spider
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