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ahrefsbot

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AhrefsBot is a high-frequency web crawler that indexes the internet to maintain a massive backlink and content database for the Ahrefs SEO toolset and the Yep search engine. Operated by Ahrefs.

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Assessment
SEO
Category
Bot
Kind
1
Data sources
AI-generated summary, drawn from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data

What is ahrefsbot?

AhrefsBot is the primary web crawler operated by Ahrefs, a leading provider of SEO software and marketing intelligence tools. It systematically traverses the web to collect data on page structure, internal and external links, and content performance. This data is processed to power Ahrefs' comprehensive suite of SEO analytics tools, as well as the Yep search engine, allowing users to track their digital footprint and competitive landscape.

Helpful — It provides valuable data for website owners to analyze their backlink profiles, monitor competitors, and improve search engine visibility.

Identification

Bot name
ahrefsbot
Operator
Ahrefs
Category
SEO
Verification
Community-sourced
Main use cases
Backlink analysis and link buildingSEO performance monitoringSearch engine indexing for Yep.com

Why it crawls your site

The bot crawls the web to build and maintain one of the largest live backlink indexes in the world. By continuously updating this index, Ahrefs enables site owners to audit their websites, identify technical SEO issues, and research content strategies. The operator maintains transparency by providing clear documentation on how to identify the bot via IP ranges and how to manage its crawl behavior through robots.txt directives.

IP ranges

Requests from ahrefsbot originate from these published ranges. For strict verification, match the source IP against this list in addition to checking the user-agent and reverse-DNS.

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Block or allow ahrefsbot

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for ahrefsbot in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.

# Block ahrefsbot from crawling your entire site
User-agent: ahrefsbot
Disallow: /

# Allow ahrefsbot full access
User-agent: ahrefsbot
Allow: /
Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows ahrefsbot. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.

Traffic & trends

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From the community

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Other crawlers operated by Ahrefs.

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Data sources

This profile is compiled from the following sources.

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Last updated September 8, 2026

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