What is LinkupBot?
LinkupBot is a web crawler operated by Linkup that indexes enterprise web content for its AI search platform. The bot visits websites to collect relevant business information that's used to power Linkup's services. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when LinkupBot visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | LinkupBot/1.0 (LinkupBot for web indexing; https://linkup.so/bot; bot@linkup.so) |
| Operated By | Linkup |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Yes |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is LinkupBot Visiting My Website?
LinkupBot is updating an AI search index so your pages can appear in its results. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or mentions of your domain.
Should I Block LinkupBot?
Usually not. Blocking LinkupBot keeps your pages out of its AI search results and can eliminate referral traffic from that channel. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 9% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for LinkupBot.
How Do I Block LinkupBot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block LinkupBot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI search crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: LinkupBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/linkupbot
Disallow: /Insights for LinkupBot
As of October 31, 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 LinkupBot?
LinkupBot revisits your site on a flexible schedule, often requesting several pages in a burst. Activity usually increases when your content changes or its index refreshes, with quiet intervals between crawl passes.
Does LinkupBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
LinkupBot 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 LinkupBot respects it.
Is LinkupBot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. LinkupBot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking LinkupBot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Yes. Blocking LinkupBot can keep your pages out of the AI search index it supplies, reducing their eligibility to appear or be cited in that product's answers.
Does LinkupBot Access Private Content?
No special access. LinkupBot can reach only content available to anonymous visitors. Make sure staging sites and other sensitive areas require authentication.
How Can I Verify a Request From LinkupBot?
Agent Analytics tracks LinkupBot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "LinkupBot". Look for bursts that follow links across several pages and recur over time. Because LinkupBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.