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

SEO Crawler
Discovers search engine optimization insights

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 Babbar
Last Updated 15 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

1%
1% of top websites are blocking Barkrowler
Learn How →

Country of Origin

France
Barkrowler normally visits from France

Global Traffic

The percentage of all internet traffic coming from SEO Crawlers

Top Visited Website Categories

Science
Real Estate
Reference
News
Law and Government
How Do I Get These Insights for My Website?
Use the WordPress plugin, Node.js package, or API to get started in seconds.

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.

How Do I Block All SEO Crawlers?
Serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks new SEO crawlers automatically.
User Agent String Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Barkrowler/0.9; +https://babbar.tech/crawler)
# 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.

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