Qwen (Alibaba)
CautionUser-agent: QwenBot
Category: AI & LLM Bots
SEO impact if blocked: 2/10
Alibaba
2 crawlers operated by Alibaba
Who Alibaba is, for site owners
Alibaba operates 2 crawlers in our directory, filed under AI & LLM Bots. Of those 2, 2 rated caution for crawl behaviour.
Blocking Alibaba carries an SEO impact score of 2/10 across its crawlers. Every crawler here carries the same blocking impact: Low - No SEO ranking impact.
Our recommendation for Alibaba, set by its least reassuring crawler (Qwen (Alibaba), rated caution): Generally safe to allow; provides legitimate crawling value.
Alibaba at a glance
| Operator | Alibaba |
|---|---|
| Crawlers in directory | 2 |
| Categories | AI & LLM Bots |
| SEO impact if blocked | 2/10 |
| Crawl behaviour | 2 rated caution |
Crawlers operated by Alibaba
How to block or allow Alibaba in robots.txt
These rules cover all 2 crawlers Alibaba operates. Add them to the robots.txt file at the root of your domain.
Block Alibaba completely
User-agent: QwenBot
User-agent: TongyiBot
Disallow: /
Allow Alibaba explicitly
User-agent: QwenBot
User-agent: TongyiBot
Allow: /
robots.txt is a request, not an enforcement mechanism. A crawler that ignores it needs a block at the server or CDN layer. Rules are case-sensitive on the path and matched against the user-agent token, not the full user-agent string.
Frequently asked questions about Alibaba
What crawlers does Alibaba run?
Alibaba operates 2 crawlers in our directory: Qwen (Alibaba) (user-agent QwenBot), Tongyi Qianwen Fetcher (user-agent TongyiBot).
Should I block Alibaba?
Generally safe to allow; provides legitimate crawling value. That guidance follows this operator's least reassuring crawler, Qwen (Alibaba), rated caution, because allowing an operator allows every crawler it runs. The SEO impact score for blocking is 2/10, where 10 means blocking costs you the most visibility.
How do I block Alibaba in robots.txt?
Add the following to robots.txt at your domain root: User-agent: QwenBot then User-agent: TongyiBot then Disallow: /. One Disallow line covers all 2 user-agent tokens.
Does blocking Alibaba hurt my search rankings?
Every crawler here carries the same blocking impact: Low - No SEO ranking impact. Google's own ranking crawler is Googlebot, which this operator does not run, so blocking Alibaba does not by itself remove you from Google's index. What it can change is whether AI assistants and analytics tools can read your pages.