What is Dragonbot?
Dragonbot is the web crawler operated by Dragon Metrics, an SEO software platform that provides rank tracking, competitive analysis, and site analysis services. The bot gathers data for SEO metrics including keyword rankings, backlink analysis, and competitive intelligence across multiple search engines and international markets. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Dragonbot visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/145.0.0.0 Safari/537.36;Dragonbot; https://www.dragonmetrics.com/dragonbot |
| Operated By | Dragon Metrics |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Customer-configured crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is Dragonbot Visiting My Website?
Your domain appears in the ranking, backlink, or competitor data maintained by Dragonbot's operator. A customer may be tracking your site, one of your competitors, or a backlink that connects another site to yours.
Should I Block Dragonbot?
Consider blocking Dragonbot only if you do not want your pages included in SEO databases. It does not influence how search engines rank you, and blocking it will not hide backlinks to your site because those are discovered on the linking sites. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Dragonbot.
How Do I Block Dragonbot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Dragonbot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all SEO crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Dragonbot # https://knownagents.com/agents/dragonbot
Disallow: /Insights for Dragonbot
As of October 30, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Compliance
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Dragonbot?
Dragonbot usually performs comprehensive, link-following crawls rather than spot checks. Visit frequency may rise while a customer actively monitors your site or a related market.
Does Dragonbot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Dragonbot is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether Dragonbot respects it.
Is Dragonbot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. Dragonbot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking Dragonbot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. Dragonbot's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does Dragonbot Access Private Content?
No. Dragonbot can reach only public pages, and authentication prevents it from accessing private content.
How Can I Verify a Request From Dragonbot?
Agent Analytics tracks Dragonbot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Dragonbot". Look for comprehensive site crawls that follow internal links. Because Dragonbot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.