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DotBot

Moz's SEO crawler building their Link Explorer and keyword databases.

Operated by Moz

What is DotBot?

DotBot is the web crawler for Moz, a well-established SEO tool provider. It builds the data behind Moz's Link Explorer, keyword research tools, and Domain Authority metrics, which are widely used in the SEO industry.

DotBot operates at moderate rates and respects robots.txt. Moz is one of the most respected brands in SEO, and their Domain Authority metric is an industry standard. DotBot crawling contributes to the accuracy of these widely-used metrics.

For site owners, allowing DotBot means your site's link profile is more accurately represented in Moz's tools. Blocking it doesn't affect search rankings but may result in incomplete Moz data about your site.

User-Agent Strings

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

DotBot
dotbot

robots.txt example:

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

How to Manage DotBot

1

Allowing improves accuracy of Moz metrics (DA, PA) for your site.

2

Moderate, well-behaved crawl rates.

3

Consider allowing if you or your SEO team uses Moz tools.

4

Use Switch to monitor alongside other SEO crawlers.

How to block DotBot

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