01 · Operator
Who operates SeobilityBot
- Company
- Seobility GmbH
- Type
- SEO tool crawler
- Official docs
- seobility.net
02 · Behavior
What SeobilityBot does
The bot crawls sites to collect SEO data for Seobility's audit tools. It follows robots.txt rules for SeobilityBot and the wildcard group. Seobility publishes its crawler IP addresses as JSON.
03 · Impact
Why SeobilityBot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Follows robots.txt
- Publishes its IP addresses
- Needed if you audit your own site with Seobility
If you block it
- No direct traffic benefit
- Third parties can analyze your site
04 · Allow
How to allow SeobilityBot
robots.txt
User-agent: SeobilityBot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "SeobilityBot")
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: SeobilityBot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "SeobilityBot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} SeobilityBot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block SeobilityBot
SeobilityBot follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.
robots.txt
User-agent: SeobilityBot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "SeobilityBot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: SeobilityBot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "SeobilityBot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} SeobilityBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for SeobilityBot
The user agent published by the operator:
SeobilityBot (SEO Tool; https://www.seobility.net/sites/bot.html)07 · Verification
Is it really SeobilityBot?
Anyone can copy a user agent. Real SeobilityBot requests come from the IP ranges published at seobility.net/bots.json.
FAQ
Questions about SeobilityBot
What is SeobilityBot?
It is the crawler of the SEO tool Seobility. It crawls sites to gather SEO information.
Does SeobilityBot respect robots.txt?
Yes. It follows rules for SeobilityBot, and otherwise the rules for User-agent: *.
How can I verify SeobilityBot?
Compare the request IP with the list Seobility publishes at seobility.net/bots.json.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026