MTRobot User Agent: What It Is & How to Block It

01 · Operator

Who operates MTRobot

Company: Metrics Tools
Type: SEO tool crawler
Official docs: metrics-tools.de

02 · Behavior

What MTRobot does

MTRobot crawls websites to support Metrics Tools' search visibility analysis. It requests one page per hostname at a time to limit server load. Metrics Tools documents how to block it in robots.txt.

03 · Impact

Why MTRobot matters for your site

If you allow it

Low crawl rate of one page per host at a time
Documented and blockable via robots.txt

If you block it

Brings no traffic to your site
Data serves an SEO tool, possibly used by competitors

04 · Allow

How to allow MTRobot

robots.txt

User-agent: MTRobot
Allow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "MTRobot")
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: MTRobot
Allow: /

nginx

# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "MTRobot") { return 403; }

Apache

# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MTRobot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

05 · Block

How to block MTRobot

MTRobot follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.

robots.txt

User-agent: MTRobot
Disallow: /

Cloudflare

# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "MTRobot")
Action:     Block

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: MTRobot
Disallow: /

nginx

# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "MTRobot") {
    return 403;
}

Apache

# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} MTRobot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>

06 · User agents

User agents we see for MTRobot

The user agent published by the operator:

MTRobot/0.2 (Metrics Tools Analytics Crawler; https://metrics-tools.de/robot.html; crawler@metrics-tools.de)

07 · Verification

Is it really MTRobot?

MTRobot’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 MTRobot

What is MTRobot?

It is the crawler of Metrics Tools, a German SEO tool for search visibility analysis.

How do I block MTRobot?

Add 'User-agent: MTRobot' and 'Disallow: /' to your robots.txt, as documented by Metrics Tools.

MTRobot is Metrics Tools’ SEO tool crawler