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DataForSEO bots and crawlers
DataForSEO sells SEO data through APIs, including a backlink index.
DataForSEO bots at a glance
- DataForSEO runs 1 bot listed in this directory.
- They belong to: SEO Tool Crawlers.
- Each DataForSEO bot has its own robots.txt token, so each purpose can be allowed or blocked separately.
- Website: dataforseo.com
Every DataForSEO bot
| Bot | Group | Purpose | robots.txt | For GEO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DataForSeoBot | SEO Tool Crawlers | Search indexProduct featureOfficial docs | Yes | Your choice |
Block or allow all DataForSEO bots
The rules below name every DataForSEO token in this directory. To block training but keep AI search, delete the search and assistant tokens from the block rule.
robots.txt: block
# Block all DataForSEO bots
User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /robots.txt: allow
# Allow all DataForSEO bots
User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Allow: /robots.txt: partial
# Keep all DataForSEO bots out of private areas only
User-agent: DataForSeoBot
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Allow: /Nginx
# Nginx: return 403 to all DataForSEO bots
if ($http_user_agent ~* "(DataForSeoBot)") {
return 403;
}Apache
# Apache .htaccess: return 403 to all DataForSEO bots
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (DataForSeoBot) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]Cloudflare WAF
# Cloudflare > Security > WAF > Custom rule, action: Block
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