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SEO analysis

serpstatbot

Collects backlink data for Serpstat.

Operated by Serpstat
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PurposeSEO analysis
HTTP identifierserpstatbot
IdentityVerify beyond the name

THE SIGNAL

What this visit tells you

Link discovery can bring the crawler to old URLs and redirect chains.

Crawled URLs
Broken destinations
Crawl duration

Your next move

Review external links to broken destinations and tune crawl delay if load is excessive.

The technical details

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How to identify it

Look for the serpstatbot identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.

How to check identity

Serpstat documents a support-assisted identifying header for your domain. Request that identifier through the operator if stronger attribution is needed.

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: serpstatbot
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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See serpstatbot in context

See their requests. Find the pages that matter.

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