01 · Operator
Who operates AwarioBot
- Company
- Awario
- Type
- Other bot
- Official docs
- awario.com
02 · Behavior
What AwarioBot does
The bots crawl public web pages and feeds to find brand mentions for Awario customers. Awario also runs AwarioRssBot for feeds. They make at most one request every 3 seconds. They respect robots.txt and Crawl-delay.
03 · Impact
Why AwarioBot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Mentions on your site can reach brands that monitor them
- Low crawl rate
- Respects robots.txt
If you block it
- It brings no direct traffic
- No IP list for verification
- Your content feeds a commercial monitoring product
04 · Allow
How to allow AwarioBot
robots.txt
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "AwarioSmartBot")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "AwarioSmartBot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AwarioSmartBot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block AwarioBot
AwarioBot follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.
robots.txt
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "AwarioSmartBot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: AwarioSmartBot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "AwarioSmartBot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AwarioSmartBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for AwarioBot
The user agent published by the operator:
AwarioSmartBot/1.0 (+https://awario.com/bots.html; bots@awario.com)07 · Verification
Is it really AwarioBot?
AwarioBot’s operator publishes no IP ranges or hostnames, so requests cannot be verified. Treat the user agent as a claim, and watch your logs for unusual request rates.
FAQ
Questions about AwarioBot
How do I block Awario's bots?
Awario's example uses User-agent: AwarioRssBot and User-agent: AwarioSmartBot followed by Disallow: /.
How often do Awario bots crawl?
Awario says they make at most one request every 3 seconds. A larger Crawl-delay in robots.txt slows them further.
Can I verify Awario bots by IP?
No. Awario states it does not use consecutive IP blocks and publishes no IP list.
Last reviewed Oct 7, 2026