DotBot
CautionUser-agent: DotBot
Category: SEO Tools
SEO impact if blocked: 2/10
Moz
2 crawlers operated by Moz
https://moz.com/Who Moz is, for site owners
Moz operates 2 crawlers in our directory, filed under SEO Tools. Of those 2, 1 rated safe, 1 rated caution for crawl behaviour.
Blocking Moz carries an SEO impact score of 2/10 across its crawlers. The highest-impact crawler is Moz Campaign Crawler: Low - No SEO ranking impact.
Our recommendation for Moz, set by its least reassuring crawler (DotBot, rated caution): Consider blocking based on your content strategy.
Moz at a glance
| Operator | Moz |
|---|---|
| Crawlers in directory | 2 |
| Categories | SEO Tools |
| SEO impact if blocked | 2/10 |
| Crawl behaviour | 1 rated safe, 1 rated caution |
| Website | moz.com |
| Official crawler docs | Moz crawler documentation |
Crawlers operated by Moz
Moz crawlers
Moz crawlers use two tokens: DotBot, which builds the Moz link index, and rogerbot, which runs Moz Pro site crawls. Block or allow each by name.
User-agent: DotBot
User-agent: rogerbot
Disallow: /How to block or allow Moz in robots.txt
These rules cover all 2 crawlers Moz operates. Add them to the robots.txt file at the root of your domain.
Block Moz completely
User-agent: DotBot
User-agent: Rogerbot
Disallow: /
Allow Moz explicitly
User-agent: DotBot
User-agent: Rogerbot
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 Moz
What crawlers does Moz run?
Moz operates 2 crawlers in our directory: DotBot (user-agent DotBot), Moz Campaign Crawler (user-agent Rogerbot).
Should I block Moz?
Consider blocking based on your content strategy. That guidance follows this operator's least reassuring crawler, DotBot, 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 Moz in robots.txt?
Add the following to robots.txt at your domain root: User-agent: DotBot then User-agent: Rogerbot then Disallow: /. One Disallow line covers all 2 user-agent tokens.
Does blocking Moz hurt my search rankings?
The highest-impact crawler here is Moz Campaign Crawler, rated: Low - No SEO ranking impact. Google's own ranking crawler is Googlebot, which this operator does not run, so blocking Moz 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.