# DotBot

> Moz's crawler for Link Explorer. Moz documents that it respects robots.txt and that dotbot is the token to name.

| field | value |
|---|---|
| operator | Moz |
| category | SEO and backlink crawlers |
| robots.txt token | `dotbot` |
| user-agent contains | `dotbot` |
| robots.txt | obeys robots.txt (documented) |
| verify by | no published verification method |
| published IP ranges | none published |
| prefixes mirrored | 0 IPv4 / 0 IPv6 |
| operator docs | https://moz.com/help/moz-procedures/crawlers/dotbot |
| last reviewed | 2026-09-01 |

## What blocking it costs you

You leave Moz's link index, so Domain Authority and link reports about your site get thinner. Nothing a reader or an assistant sees changes.

## Full user-agent string

```
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; DotBot/1.2; +https://opensiteexplorer.org/dotbot; help@moz.com)
```

## Block it

```
User-agent: dotbot
Disallow: /
```

## Allow it

```
User-agent: dotbot
Allow: /
```

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