Barkrowler

What is Barkrowler?

About

Barkrowler is an SEO web crawler operated by Babbar that analyzes websites to identify page popularity, topical relevance, and authority metrics for search engine optimization and competitive analysis research. You can see how often Barkrowler visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors Agent Analytics.

Agent 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

Insights

The percentage of all internet traffic coming from SEO Crawlers

Top Visited Website Categories

Robots.txt

Should I Block Barkrowler?

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 Barkrowler?

You can block Barkrowler 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.

# In your robots.txt ...

User-agent: Barkrowler # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/barkrowler
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.

References

• https://babbar.tech/crawler