SerpstatBot is a bot in the SEO crawlers category, operated by Serpstat.
SerpstatBot is the Serpstat bot collects data for Serpstat's Backlink Analysis tool
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.
Sample user agent strings sent by SerpstatBot:
serpstatbot/2.1 (advanced backlink tracking bot; https://serpstatbot.com/; [email protected])serpstatbot/2.0 beta (advanced backlink tracking bot; http://serpstatbot.com/; [email protected])serpstatbot/1.0 (advanced backlink tracking bot; curl/7.58.0; http://serpstatbot.com/; [email protected])serpstatbot/2.0 alpha (advanced backlink tracking bot; curl/7.58.0; http://serpstatbot.com/; [email protected])serpstatbot/1.0 (advanced backlink tracking bot; http://serpstatbot.com/; [email protected])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.
SerpstatBot 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: serpstatbot Disallow: /
User-agent: serpstatbot Disallow: /private/ Disallow: /search
User-agent: serpstatbot Allow: /blog/ Disallow: /
User-agent: serpstatbot Allow: / User-agent: * Disallow: /
User-agent: serpstatbot group, SerpstatBot ignores your User-agent: * rules, so repeat any that should still apply.serpstatbot from SerpstatBot's user agent; check Serpstat'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.
SerpstatBot 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 SerpstatBot's visits out of campaign data.
Transfon Security for advertisersSerpstatBot can map your catalogue, prices and site structure for competitors. Block it unless you use the tool yourself.
Transfon Security for e-commerceAllow SerpstatBot 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 SerpstatBot 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.
Transfon Security
SerpstatBot is a bot in the SEO crawlers category, operated by Serpstat. SerpstatBot is the Serpstat bot collects data for Serpstat's Backlink Analysis tool
Yes. SerpstatBot follows robots.txt, so a Disallow rule for the serpstatbot user agent stops it from crawling the paths you list.
Add "User-agent: serpstatbot" followed by "Disallow: /" to the robots.txt file at the root of your site. To enforce it, block requests whose user agent contains "serpstatbot" at your WAF. In Transfon Security that is one User Agent block rule.
No. robots.txt is voluntary, so SerpstatBot may not follow it, and anyone can send SerpstatBot's user agent, so a fake SerpstatBot 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.
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