01 · Operator
Who operates Jooblebot
- Company
- Jooble
- Official docs
- jooble.org
02 · Behavior
What Jooblebot does
Jooble uses the crawler to find and index job ads on websites. The jobs then appear in Jooble's job search. Jooble's bot page does not list IP addresses.
03 · Impact
Why Jooblebot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Your job ads can appear on Jooble
- Can bring applicants to your site
If you block it
- No benefit if you publish no jobs
- No published verification method
04 · Allow
How to allow Jooblebot
robots.txt
User-agent: JoobleBot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "JoobleBot")
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: JoobleBot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "JoobleBot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} JoobleBot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Jooblebot
Start with robots.txt. If Jooblebot keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: JoobleBot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "JoobleBot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: JoobleBot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "JoobleBot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} JoobleBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Jooblebot
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Jooblebot/2.0; +http://jooble.org/jooble-bot)07 · Verification
Is it really Jooblebot?
Jooblebot’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 Jooblebot
What is Jooblebot?
It is the crawler of Jooble. It indexes job listings from the web for Jooble's job search.
How do I block Jooblebot?
Add a robots.txt rule for JoobleBot or block the user agent on your server. Jooble's page does not document its robots.txt policy.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026