QlyzeBot (Qlyze): what it is and how to allow or block it
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QlyzeBot is the crawler of the Qlyze SEO tool that reads link structure for a backlink index. Its robots.txt token is QlyzeBot.
Facts
- Operator
- Qlyze
- Category
- SEO tool crawler
- robots.txt token
QlyzeBot
- Honors robots.txt?
- Exclusion example documented. Qlyze's page shows a User-agent: QlyzeBot exclusion example. It states no crawl delay.
- User-agent example
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; QlyzeBot/1.0; +https://app.qlyze.io/bot)
- User agent we logged
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; QlyzeBot/1.0; +https://app.qlyze.io/bot)Most common variant in our own logs, 179 requests, 19 to 25 Oct 2026. Static snapshot, not the live counter below. A logged string is a claim: anyone can send it.
- Official source
- Qlyze: QlyzeBot
- Compared with the source
What it is used for
Per Qlyze, it fetches public pages to analyze their link structure for a backlink index. It reads no content behind logins and submits no forms.
Crawls the web for a marketing or SEO tool, mostly to build a backlink or site database. It does not decide whether you rank, and blocking it only removes you from that tool's data.
What happens if you block it
Qlyze stops analyzing the link structure of your pages, so your links are not captured in its backlink index.
Qlyze's page publishes no IP list and no verification method, so a user agent alone cannot show that a request is genuine.
Is it really QlyzeBot?
Anyone can send QlyzeBot as a user agent, and Qlyze publishes no IP list or reverse-DNS method that we could find, so a log line cannot prove a request is real. Check whether it fetched /robots.txt and whether the address belongs to the operator's network.
- We did not find an IP list or a reverse-DNS method in the official source we compared on 2026-10-25, so the user agent alone cannot show that a request is genuine. Check the operator's page for updates.
- Paste any user agent from your logs into the user-agent lookup, or follow the scripts in Fake Googlebots and PHP scanners.
How to allow or block QlyzeBot
Add one of these groups to the robots.txt at the root of your domain. A group that names the bot overrides a general User-agent: * group.
User-agent: QlyzeBot Allow: /
User-agent: QlyzeBot Disallow: /
Does your site allow QlyzeBot today? The checker evaluates your robots.txt for this and every other bot.Check my site
What we see on our own sites
Live counter, last 30 days: no request identifying as QlyzeBot recorded yet. The counter started after the week below, so it does not cover it. Earlier log snapshot (19 to 25 Oct 2026): 179 requests identified as QlyzeBot.
Counts come from the websites we operate; they hold no IP addresses or URLs, and a user agent is only a claim. See the bot traffic data and the methodology.
Questions about QlyzeBot
What is QlyzeBot?
The crawler of the Qlyze SEO tool that reads link structure for a backlink index. Per Qlyze, it fetches public pages to analyze their link structure for a backlink index. It reads no content behind logins and submits no forms.
Is QlyzeBot safe and legitimate?
The real QlyzeBot is an SEO tool crawler run by Qlyze. A user-agent string is only a claim, though, so anyone can send it. We did not find an IP list or reverse-DNS method in the official source we compared on 2026-10-25, so the user agent alone cannot prove a request is real.
Does QlyzeBot obey robots.txt?
Exclusion example documented. Qlyze's page shows a User-agent: QlyzeBot exclusion example. It states no crawl delay.
How do I block QlyzeBot?
Robots.txt may not stop it. Qlyze's page shows a User-agent: QlyzeBot exclusion example. It states no crawl delay. If you add a group anyway, use User-agent: QlyzeBot followed by Disallow: /.
Will blocking QlyzeBot hurt my Google rankings or AI visibility?
Not for Google rankings. SEO tool crawlers do not decide whether you rank; blocking one only removes you from that tool's data. Qlyze stops analyzing the link structure of your pages, so your links are not captured in its backlink index.
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