SemrushBot-SWA
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What it does
SemrushBot-SWA's traffic often follows fixed intervals like a cron job. Activity may consist of short recurring checks or occasional intensive bursts, but it usually remains limited to a specific set of pages or endpoints.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
SemrushBot-SWA
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control SemrushBot-SWA:
Allow full access
User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
Disallow: /
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