serpstatbot
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What it does
serpstatbot 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:
serpstatbot
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control serpstatbot:
Allow full access
User-agent: serpstatbot
Allow: /
Block entirely
User-agent: serpstatbot
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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See serpstatbot on your own site
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