Moz
rogerbot
Audits websites in Moz Pro campaigns.
SEO analysisPurposeSEO analysis
HTTP identifierDotBot
IdentityVerify beyond the name
THE SIGNAL
What this visit tells you
Link-index crawling may revisit URLs discovered on other websites.
Crawled URLs
Broken destinations
Crawl duration
Your next move
Inspect external links to missing pages and decide whether a relevant redirect exists.
The technical details
MarkdownHow to identify it
Look for the DotBot identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.
How to check identity
A User-Agent match identifies a claimed client. Check the source IP and any operator-published verification method before granting access.
Access and robots.txt
The operator documents robots.txt rules for this identifier.
Optional full-site opt-out. Merge with existing rules only if intended. robots.txt does not secure private content.
User-agent: DotBot
Disallow: /Seeing 403 or 404 responses?
403 means access was denied; 404 means the resource was not found. Compare the public path, request time, edge security event and origin response to find the cause.
Separate intended restrictions and secret-file probes from pages that should work. A User-Agent name alone does not justify allowing a request.
SourcesReviewed 2026-09-14
Identity and purpose are based on these sources. Analytics interpretation and suggested checks are Apostl guidance.
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