What Is SERankingBacklinksBot?

SERankingBacklinksBot is a web crawler operated by SE Ranking, an SEO software platform. It collects backlink data to build and maintain their database, which customers use to analyze link profiles, track competitors, and improve SEO strategies. You can see how often SERankingBacklinksBot visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics.

Agent Type

Expected Behavior

SEO crawlers analyze websites to gather search optimization data like keyword rankings, backlink profiles, site structure, and page performance. Most of them also build up proprietary databases that power SEO analytics tools and competitive intelligence platforms. Crawl frequency varies based on factors like site authority, backlink popularity, ranking performance, and whether the site is actively monitored by the service's customers. These crawlers typically perform comprehensive site scans, following internal links to map site architecture and assess optimization opportunities.

Detail

User Agent String

Access other known user agent strings and recent IP addresses using the API.

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: SERankingBacklinksBot # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/serankingbacklinksbot
Disallow: /

Frequently Asked Questions About SERankingBacklinksBot

Should I Block SERankingBacklinksBot?

Generally no. SERankingBacklinksBot helps monitor and improve search performance across the web. If you use SEO tools yourself, blocking it undermines the ecosystem. However, you might limit SERankingBacklinksBot's access if it consumes excessive server resources or crawls too aggressively.

How Do I Block SERankingBacklinksBot?

If you want to, you can block or limit SERankingBacklinksBot's access by configuring user agent token rules in your robots.txt file. The best way to do this is using Automatic Robots.txt, which blocks all agents of this type and updates continuously as new agents are released. 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 SERankingBacklinksBot is respecting your rules by setting up Agent Analytics to monitor its visits to your website.

Will Blocking SERankingBacklinksBot Hurt My SEO?

Blocking SEO crawlers has minimal direct impact on your search rankings since they're not the ones who do the actual search indexing. However, these tools help the SEO ecosystem function by providing competitive analysis and optimization insights. Widespread blocking could reduce overall SEO tool effectiveness.

Does SERankingBacklinksBot Access Private Content?

SEO crawlers typically analyze publicly accessible content to gather optimization insights. They generally don't attempt to access private or authenticated content, focusing instead on pages that are publicly indexable. However, some advanced SEO tools may analyze login pages, error pages, or other publicly accessible but sensitive areas to assess site security and structure.

How Can I Tell if SERankingBacklinksBot Is Visiting My Website?

Setting up Agent Analytics will give you realtime visibility into SERankingBacklinksBot 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 SERankingBacklinksBot Visiting My Website?

SERankingBacklinksBot likely found your site through public web discovery, competitor analysis, or because your domain appears in backlink databases, ranking reports, or other SEO intelligence sources. Your site may be monitored by their customers or identified as relevant for competitive analysis.

How Can I Authenticate Visits From SERankingBacklinksBot?

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://seranking.com/backlinks-crawler