SemrushBot-SI
recommended: challengeSemrushBot-SI is Semrush's specialized Site Intelligence crawler for On Page SEO Checker tool, analyzing website content and technical SEO factors to provide comprehensive site optimization insights and recommendations.
What it does
SemrushBot-SI usually performs comprehensive, link-following crawls rather than spot checks. Visit frequency may rise while a customer actively monitors your site or a related market.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
SemrushBot-SI
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control SemrushBot-SI:
Allow full access
User-agent: SemrushBot-SI
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: SemrushBot-SI
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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See SemrushBot-SI on your own site
Botscope shows every bot and AI agent hitting your site — and lets you allow, challenge, or block each one. Observe first, enforce when you're ready.
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