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AhrefsBot/7.0

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AhrefsBot is a web crawler that indexes the internet to power 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/7.0?

AhrefsBot is the primary web crawler operated by Ahrefs, a prominent provider of marketing intelligence and SEO software. It systematically traverses the web to build a massive, proprietary index of backlinks, keywords, and site performance metrics. Beyond supporting Ahrefs' suite of analytical tools, the data collected by this bot also powers Yep, an independent search engine focused on privacy and content creator compensation.

Helpful — It is a well-behaved, documented crawler that respects robots.txt and provides value to site owners by indexing content for SEO analysis and search visibility.

Identification

Bot name
AhrefsBot/7.0
Operator
Ahrefs
Category
SEO
Verification
Community-sourced
User-agent string
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/7.0; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/)
Main use cases
Backlink analysisKeyword researchSearch engine indexing

Why it crawls your site

The bot crawls the web to maintain an up-to-date database that allows users to monitor their site's health, analyze competitor strategies, and track search engine rankings. By indexing pages, Ahrefs provides actionable insights that help website owners improve their visibility and SEO performance. The operator maintains transparency by providing clear documentation, IP verification lists, and full support for robots.txt directives, ensuring that site owners can control or limit the bot's access to their infrastructure.

IP ranges

Requests from AhrefsBot/7.0 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/7.0

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/7.0; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/) 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/7.0 from crawling your entire site
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/7.0; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/)
Disallow: /

# Allow AhrefsBot/7.0 full access
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/7.0; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/)
Allow: /
Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/7.0; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/). Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.

Traffic & trends

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Links & references

Ahrefs documentation
ahrefs.com/robot
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Data sources

This profile is compiled from the following sources.

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Last updated September 17, 2026

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