01 · Operator
Who operates MixrankBot
- Company
- MixRank
- Type
- Other bot
- Official docs
- mixrank.com
02 · Behavior
What MixrankBot does
MixRank sells bulk datasets, including web technographics for about 160 million domains. Its crawler likely gathers website data for these datasets. The user agent gives crawler@mixrank.com as contact.
03 · Impact
Why MixrankBot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Identifies itself with a contact address
- May include your company in B2B datasets
If you block it
- Brings no traffic to your site
- Your data feeds a commercial product
- Adds server load
04 · Allow
How to allow MixrankBot
robots.txt
User-agent: MixrankBot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "MixrankBot")
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: MixrankBot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "MixrankBot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MixrankBot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block MixrankBot
Start with robots.txt. If MixrankBot keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: MixrankBot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "MixrankBot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: MixrankBot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "MixrankBot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MixrankBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for MixrankBot
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MixrankBot; crawler@mixrank.com)07 · Verification
Is it really MixrankBot?
MixrankBot’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 MixrankBot
What is MixrankBot?
It is the crawler of MixRank, which sells data on companies, people, job postings and web technologies.
How do I contact MixRank about its crawler?
The user agent lists crawler@mixrank.com as the contact address.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026