MJ12Bot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTMJ12bot is the web crawler for Majestic. MJ12Bot does not currently cache web content or personal data. Instead it maps the link relationships between websites to build a search engine. This data is available to technologies and the public, either by searching for a keyword or a website at Majestic. Operated by Majestic.
What is MJ12Bot?
MJ12Bot is a web crawler operated by Majestic. MJ12bot is the web crawler for Majestic. MJ12Bot does not currently cache web content or personal data. Instead it maps the link relationships between websites to build a search engine. This data is available to technologies and the public, either by searching for a keyword or a website at Majestic.
Identification
MJ12botWhy it crawls your site
MJ12Bot crawls websites to analyze search engine optimization factors and backlinks. It is operated by Majestic as part of their SEO analysis infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow MJ12Bot
Add a Disallow rule for MJ12bot 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 MJ12Bot from crawling your entire site User-agent: MJ12bot Disallow: / # Allow MJ12Bot full access User-agent: MJ12bot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows MJ12bot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Majestic's documentation.
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