01 · Operator
Who operates seolyt
- Company
- Seolyt
- Type
- SEO tool crawler
- Official docs
- seolyt.com
02 · Behavior
What seolyt does
Seolyt offers SEO audits, competitor analysis and backlink tools. It says it adds 100,000 new domains to its database daily. The site does not document the crawler itself.
03 · Impact
Why seolyt matters for your site
If you allow it
- Identified SEO vendor
- Needed if you use Seolyt for your own site
If you block it
- No direct traffic benefit
- Crawl behavior is not documented
04 · Allow
How to allow seolyt
robots.txt
User-agent: seolyt
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "seolyt")
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: seolyt
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "seolyt") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} seolyt [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block seolyt
Start with robots.txt. If seolyt keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: seolyt
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "seolyt")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: seolyt
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "seolyt") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} seolyt [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for seolyt
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; seolyt/1.1; +https://seolyt.com)07 · Verification
Is it really seolyt?
seolyt’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 seolyt
What is the seolyt bot?
It is a crawler that links to seolyt.com, an SEO analysis platform. Seolyt does not publish a dedicated bot page.
How do I block seolyt?
Add "User-agent: seolyt" with "Disallow: /" to robots.txt. Its robots.txt support is not documented.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026