Ahrefs
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AhrefsSiteAudit
Runs the Ahrefs Site Audit that a site owner starts on their own site.
Follows robots.txt- User agent token
- AhrefsSiteAudit
- Operator
- Ahrefs
- Verification
- reverse DNS ahrefs.com, ahrefs.net
- Source
- Ahrefs documentation
What a bot for ads, link previews or SEO tools does
These bots work for a specific product: checking an ad's landing page, drawing the preview when a link is shared, or collecting data for an SEO tool. Some only visit because the site owner asked them to.
A verified owner can tell it to ignore robots.txt on their own site.
Block or allow AhrefsSiteAudit in robots.txt
Add one of these to the robots.txt file at the root of your domain. Crawlers read it before they fetch anything else.
Block AhrefsSiteAudit
User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit
Disallow: /Allow AhrefsSiteAudit
User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit
Allow: /More from Ahrefs
Questions, answered.
AhrefsSiteAudit is a bot for ads, link previews or SEO tools run by Ahrefs. Runs the Ahrefs Site Audit that a site owner starts on their own site.
Yes. Ahrefs says AhrefsSiteAudit follows robots.txt. A verified owner can tell it to ignore robots.txt on their own site.
Add "User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit" and "Disallow: /" to your robots.txt.
Run a reverse DNS lookup on the IP. A real request resolves to ahrefs.com, ahrefs.net, and a forward lookup of that name returns the same IP.
No. AhrefsSiteAudit works for one product, such as ad checks, link previews or SEO data, rather than bringing visitors.
Only if you don't use the product it works for. Blocking AhrefsSiteAudit is safe for your search rankings.
In its own documentation at https://ahrefs.com/robot. Every fact on this page comes from there.
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