SemrushBot

Semrush · SEO and backlink crawlers · json

User-agent: SemrushBot
Disallow: /
robots.txt tokenSemrushBot
User-agent containsSemrushBot
OperatorSemrush
CategorySEO and backlink crawlers
robots.txtobeys robots.txt (documented)
Verify byreverse DNS

What it is

Semrush's backlink and keyword crawler. It is not an AI crawler, but it is usually in the top three by volume on any site, and it is the cheapest block on this list.

What blocking it costs you

Your competitors' Semrush reports get thinner, and so do yours. No user-facing effect.

Full user-agent string

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SemrushBot/7~bl; +http://www.semrush.com/bot.html)

Allow it instead

User-agent: SemrushBot
Allow: /

Operator documentation: https://www.semrush.com/bot/
Machine copies: json · markdown
Policies that name this crawler: allow-all · block-seo-tools