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DataForSeoBot

DataForSEO's crawler powering SEO data APIs for agencies and tools.

Operated by DataForSEO

What is DataForSeoBot?

DataForSeoBot is the web crawler for DataForSEO, an API-first SEO data provider. DataForSEO sells SERP data, backlink data, and keyword data through APIs used by SEO agencies and software tools worldwide.

The crawler collects web data that feeds into DataForSEO's commercial API products. Many SEO tools and agencies that aren't large enough to run their own crawlers rely on DataForSEO's infrastructure.

DataForSeoBot operates at moderate rates and identifies itself clearly. It's one of the newer entrants in the SEO crawler space, representing the growing B2B market for web data APIs.

User-Agent Strings

These are the known user-agent patterns used by DataForSeoBot. Use them to identify this crawler in your server logs or configure robots.txt rules.

DataForSeoBot

robots.txt example:

User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /private/
Allow: /

How to Manage DataForSeoBot

1

No direct SEO benefit — feeds commercial data API products.

2

Moderate crawl rates with clear identification.

3

Consider blocking alongside other SEO scrapers if bandwidth is a concern.

4

Use Switch for unified SEO crawler management.

How to block DataForSeoBot

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