What is lyonl-crawler?
lyonl-crawler is the web crawler for Lyonl Search, a search engine that indexes web content to provide search results. This bot crawls websites to build and maintain their open web search index focused on relevance, transparency, and speed. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Lyonl |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | July 15, 2026 |
Category
Expected Behavior
lyonl-crawler crawls on a schedule set by algorithms, not a calendar. Expect visit frequency to track your site's popularity, how often your content changes, and your domain authority. It throttles itself to avoid loading your server and follows crawl rules better than almost any other category of bot.
lyonl-crawler's User Agent
| User Agent | lyonl-crawler/0.1 (+https://lyonl.com/crawler; crawler@lyonl.com) |
How To Block lyonl-crawler With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block lyonl-crawler from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all search engine crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: lyonl-crawler # https://knownagents.com/agents/lyonl-crawler
Disallow: /Global Insights for lyonl-crawler
As of July 15, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the world's top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block lyonl-crawler in their robots.txt files.
Overall Search Engine Crawler Traffic
5.8% of all web traffic came from search engine crawlers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by lyonl-crawler.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block lyonl-crawler?
No, unless you want your pages out of search results. lyonl-crawler feeds a search engine index, and blocking it erases your visibility and organic traffic from that engine. This is the one category almost every website should allow. Almost none of the top websites we track have robots.txt rules for lyonl-crawler right now.
Does lyonl-crawler Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. lyonl-crawler is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the right first move. Automatic Robots.txt adds and maintains that rule for you, and Agent Analytics confirms lyonl-crawler actually follows it.
Does lyonl-crawler Access Private Content?
No. lyonl-crawler indexes public pages only and does not sign in anywhere. Watch for accidentally public content though, because anything reachable without a login can end up in search results.
Why Is lyonl-crawler Visiting My Website?
lyonl-crawler is keeping its search index current. Links, sitemaps, or direct submission brought it to your site, and it comes back at a rate tuned to how often your content changes and how popular your site is.
How Can I Tell if lyonl-crawler Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks lyonl-crawler visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user agent string contains "lyonl-crawler". Look for steady recurring visits spread across your site. Keep in mind that lyonl-crawler doesn't publish a verification method, so any client can claim its user agent string and a log match is a hint rather than proof.