AhrefsBot
GoodBotVerifiedSEOBOTOperated by Ahrefs Docs
What is AhrefsBot?
Generated from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data
AhrefsBot is a web crawler operated by Ahrefs. AhrefsBot is a Web Crawler that powers the 12 trillion link database for Ahrefs online marketing toolset. It constantly crawls web to fill our database with new links and check the status of the previously found ones to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-the-minute data to our users.
Details
- Bot Name
- AhrefsBot
- Slug
- ahrefsbot
- Kind
- BOT
- Verification
- Verified by Cloudflare
- Category
- SEO
- Operator
- Ahrefs
User-Agent Patterns
AhrefsBotFull User-Agent Strings
Main Use Cases
Why It Crawls Your Site
AhrefsBot crawls websites to analyze search engine optimization factors and backlinks. It is operated by Ahrefs as part of their SEO analysis infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
How to Block / Whitelist
Block AhrefsBot
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: /
Whitelist AhrefsBot
Ensure your robots.txt allows AhrefsBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Ahrefs's documentation.
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Traffic & Trends
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Data Sources
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Last updated: May 26, 2026