DataForSEOBot is a bot in the SEO crawlers category, operated by DataForSEO.
DataForSEO Bot is a driving force of our leading product - Backlinks API, which has been developed with a single purpose: providing website owners, webmasters, and SEO professionals with opportunities to analyze the key component of website optimization – backlink analytics. You can learn more about the DataForSEO Bot on this dedicated page: https://dataforseo.com/dataforseo-bot
SEO crawlers map links, keywords and technical issues for SEO tools and backlink databases. They help the tool's customers, often your competitors, rather than you. Rate limit or block the ones you do not use.
DataForSEOBot identifies itself with this user agent string:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; DataForSeoBot/1.0; +https://dataforseo.com/dataforseo-bot)Anyone can copy a user agent string. Transfon Security also checks where each request comes from, so a request that claims to be a known crawler but comes from the wrong network is treated as a fake, not as the real crawler.
DataForSEOBot follows robots.txt, so these rules stop it crawling the paths you choose. robots.txt is a plain text file at the root of your domain, such as https://example.com/robots.txt.
User-agent: DataForSeoBot Disallow: /
User-agent: DataForSeoBot Disallow: /private/ Disallow: /search
User-agent: DataForSeoBot Allow: /blog/ Disallow: /
User-agent: DataForSeoBot Allow: / User-agent: * Disallow: /
User-agent: DataForSeoBot group, DataForSEOBot ignores your User-agent: * rules, so repeat any that should still apply.DataForSeoBot from DataForSEOBot's user agent; check DataForSEO's own documentation if it publishes a different robots.txt name.Treat robots.txt as a statement of your policy, and enforce it where requests arrive.
DataForSEOBot works for an SEO tool's customers, often your competitors. It adds server load without readers, so rate limit or block it unless you use the tool.
Transfon Security for publishersSEO crawlers map landing pages and links for competitor research. Keep DataForSEOBot's visits out of campaign data.
Transfon Security for advertisersDataForSEOBot can map your catalogue, prices and site structure for competitors. Block it unless you use the tool yourself.
Transfon Security for e-commerceAllow DataForSEOBot only if your team uses the tool; otherwise rate limit it on docs and marketing pages.
Transfon Security for SaaS and APIsrobots.txt is a request, not an enforcement. Transfon Security shows DataForSEOBot by name in the Top Bots report, so you can see how often it visits and which pages it reads. Block or allow it with a User Agent rule, or slow it down with a rate limit decision rule.
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DataForSEOBot is a bot in the SEO crawlers category, operated by DataForSEO. DataForSEO Bot is a driving force of our leading product - Backlinks API, which has been developed with a single purpose: providing website owners, webmasters, and SEO professionals with opportunities to analyze the key component of website optimization – backlink analytics. You can learn more about the DataForSEO Bot on this dedicated page: https://dataforseo.com/dataforseo-bot
Yes. DataForSEOBot follows robots.txt, so a Disallow rule for the DataForSeoBot user agent stops it from crawling the paths you list.
Add "User-agent: DataForSeoBot" followed by "Disallow: /" to the robots.txt file at the root of your site. To enforce it, block requests whose user agent contains "DataForSeoBot" at your WAF. In Transfon Security that is one User Agent block rule.
No. robots.txt is voluntary, so DataForSEOBot may not follow it, and anyone can send DataForSEOBot's user agent, so a fake DataForSEOBot ignores your rule. Enforce the rule where requests arrive, at your WAF, and check the source network.
SEO crawlers map links, keywords and technical issues for SEO tools and backlink databases. They help the tool's customers, often your competitors, rather than you. Rate limit or block the ones you do not use.
Transfon Security identifies every bot in this directory in your traffic reports, flags fake search crawlers, and lets you allow, block or rate limit each bot.
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