What is Moz rogerbot?

Moz rogerbot is an SEO crawler operated by Moz. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.

Category

SEO Crawler
Analyzes website structure and content to identify SEO improvement opportunities

Expected Behavior

Moz rogerbot maps sites the way its customers' SEO tools need, following internal links to build a full picture of structure, content, and ranking signals. Expect thorough crawls rather than spot checks, with frequency rising when your site or your competitors are actively monitored in its tools.

Overview

Operated By Moz
Expected To Follow Robots.txt Yes
Insights Last Updated July 6, 2026

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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage

0%
0% of top websites are blocking Moz rogerbot
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Country of Origin

Unknown
Moz rogerbot has no known country of origin

Robots.txt Blocking Trend

As of July 6, 2026, 0% of top websites block Moz rogerbot in their robots.txt files.

Overall SEO Crawler Traffic

As of July 6, 2026, 2.4% of all web traffic came from SEO crawlers.

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This data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.

How To Block Moz rogerbot

Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Moz rogerbot from accessing your entire website. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.

User-agent: Moz rogerbot # https://knownagents.com/agents/moz-rogerbot
Disallow: /
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Frequently Asked Questions

Should I Block Moz rogerbot?

Only if you want your own pages and outbound links out of those tools. Moz rogerbot collects the ranking and backlink data behind SEO tools, likely including ones you or your agency use, and it does not change how search engines rank you. Blocking it will not hide your backlink profile either, because backlinks are discovered on the sites that link to you. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for Moz rogerbot right now.

Does Moz rogerbot Respect Robots.txt?

Yes. Moz rogerbot is expected to honor robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms Moz rogerbot actually honors it.

Does Moz rogerbot Access Private Content?

Login walls stop it. Moz rogerbot analyzes public pages for rankings, links, and site structure.

Why Is Moz rogerbot Visiting My Website?

Your domain shows up in the ranking, backlink, and competitor data Moz rogerbot's operator sells. If anyone tracks your site or your competitors in an SEO tool, Moz rogerbot visits you.

How Can I Tell if Moz rogerbot Is Visiting My Website?

Agent Analytics tracks Moz rogerbot visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "Moz rogerbot". Look for full site crawls that follow your internal links. Keep in mind that Moz rogerbot doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.