AhrefsSiteAudit
What is AhrefsSiteAudit?
About
AhrefsSiteAudit is a technical SEO crawler that analyzes websites to identify and flag over 170 technical and on-page SEO issues, providing detailed recommendations and performance metrics for website owners. You can see how often AhrefsSiteAudit visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics.
Type
Expected Behavior
SEO crawlers analyze websites to gather search optimization data like keyword rankings, backlink profiles, site structure, and page performance. Most of them also build up proprietary databases that power SEO analytics tools and competitive intelligence platforms. Crawl frequency varies based on factors like site authority, backlink popularity, ranking performance, and whether the site is actively monitored by the service's customers. These crawlers typically perform comprehensive site scans, following internal links to map site architecture and assess optimization opportunities.
Detail
| Operated By | Ahrefs |
| Last Updated | 7 hours ago |
Insights
Top Website Robots.txts
Country of Origin
Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from SEO Crawlers
Top Visited Website Categories
Robots.txt
Should I Block AhrefsSiteAudit?
Probably not, especially if you benefit from an SEO service yourself. However, you might choose to block them if you're concerned about things like server resource usage.
How Do I Block AhrefsSiteAudit?
You can block AhrefsSiteAudit or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
| User Agent String | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsSiteAudit/6.1; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/site-audit) |
# In your robots.txt ...
User-agent: AhrefsSiteAudit # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/ahrefssiteaudit
Disallow: /
⚠️ Manual Robots.txt Editing Is Not Scalable
New agents are created every day. We recommend setting up Dark Visitors Automatic Robots.txt if you want to block all agents of this type.