About this bot
Barkrowler is associated with Babbar and used for link and web graph intelligence.
The primary identifying User-Agent token is Barkrowler. Representative HTTP request identity: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Barkrowler/0.9; +https://babbar.tech/crawler).
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: official documented.
This identity is documented or strongly corroborated as honoring applicable robots.txt directives.
Verification: Match `Barkrowler` and verify source hostnames ending in `babbar.eu` when stronger authenticity is required.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
-
BarkrowlerMozilla/5.0 (compatible; Barkrowler/0.9; +https://babbar.tech/crawler) - Also known as
- Barkrowler/
Details
- Kind
- SEO intelligence crawler
- Family
- Babbar
- Purpose
- Link and web graph intelligence
- Common Use
- building link and topical web graphs used for SEO metrics and competitive web intelligence
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
Verification
- Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Match `Barkrowler` and verify source hostnames ending in `babbar.eu` when stronger authenticity is required.
- Detection Notes
- Barkrowler crawls public URLs to build link, topical, and popularity graph data used for SEO intelligence.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: Barkrowler Disallow: /