Bot intelligence record
SplitSignalBot
Usually allowUse the SplitSignalBot identifier to separate Semrush search indexing or content discovery traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.
- Operator
- Semrush
- Family
- Semrush
- Type
- Search
- Source type
- Official
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
User-Agent Pattern
SemrushSplitSignalBot
User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.
Robots.txt Snippet
Click snippet to copyUser-agent: SplitSignalBot Disallow: /Click the snippet to copy it, or highlight the text manually.
Handling Guidance
DependsThis bot is usually safe to allow when the request source is verified and the traffic matches your site policy.
Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.
Record Details
Structured data- Operator
- Semrush
- Family
- Semrush
- Type
- Search
- Purpose
- Indexing
- Identity type
- Official Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Last verified
- 2026-04-01
- Last checked
- 2026-05-20
- Source type
- Official
- Verification
- Identify the documented Semrush token and compare behavior against Semrush's official bot documentation.
- IP ranges
- https://www.semrush.com/bot/
- Spoofing risk
- User-agent strings for SplitSignalBot can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.
Notes
SplitSignalBot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a search crawler from Semrush. The primary identifier for log review is SplitSignalBot.
Identification
- User-agent pattern:
SplitSignalBot - Family: Semrush
- Type: Search
- Kind: Crawler
Common use
Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.
Verification and handling
Identify the documented Semrush token and compare behavior against Semrush's official bot documentation.
Directory guidance marks the risk level as Safe and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.
Robots.txt handling: Yes.
Evidence and Source
- Identify the documented Semrush token and compare behavior against Semrush's official bot documentation.
- Match `SplitSignalBot` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
- Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.
- User-agent strings for SplitSignalBot can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.
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