Barkrowler bot

Barkrowler is a web crawler used by Babbar.tech, an SEO intelligence company, to index web content for search engine optimization (SEO) analysis. It identifies itself in server logs with user-agent strings such as Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Barkrowler/0.9; +https://babbar.tech/crawler). As a lightweight crawler, Barkrowler focuses on building link graphs and analyzing page metadata rather than rendering dynamic content. It is designed to be efficient and respectful of server resources, adhering to robots.txt directives and implementing built-in crawl delays.

Barkrowler is visiting your website to gather data for Babbar's SEO analysis tools. It is specifically interested in your site's link structure, including both internal and external links, to understand your site's place in the larger web ecosystem. The frequency of its visits is determined by your site's size, authority, and update schedule, but it is configured with delays between requests (typically 2.5-5 seconds) to minimize its impact on your server. This crawling is considered authorized as it follows standard web protocols.

The main purpose of Barkrowler is to serve as the data collection engine for Babbar's SEO intelligence platform. The information it gathers helps build comprehensive link graphs that reveal how websites are interconnected. This data powers Babbar's analysis tools, which provide insights into a website's visibility, authority, and competitive standing. For website owners, Barkrowler's activity provides indirect benefits by contributing to the SEO insights available through Babbar's services, which can inform content and linking strategies.

To prevent Barkrowler from accessing your website, you can add a specific disallow rule to your robots.txt file. This is the standard method for communicating with legitimate web crawlers.

Add the following lines to your robots.txt file to block Barkrowler:

User-agent: Barkrowler
Disallow: /