What is SeekportBot?
SeekportBot is the web crawler for Seekport, an independent search engine operated by SISTRIX since 2014 that indexes web content to provide privacy-focused search results without user tracking or profiling. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when SeekportBot visits your website.
Category
| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeekportBot; +https://bot.seekport.com) |
| Operated By | SISTRIX |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Possibly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is SeekportBot Visiting My Website?
SeekportBot is adding new or changed pages to its search index. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or direct submission.
Should I Block SeekportBot?
No, unless you want to remove your pages from that search engine. SeekportBot supplies its index, so blocking it can eliminate your visibility and organic traffic there. Nearly every website should allow this category. For context, 7% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for SeekportBot.
How Do I Block SeekportBot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block SeekportBot from accessing your 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: SeekportBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/seekportbot
Disallow: /Insights for SeekportBot
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 SeekportBot?
SeekportBot follows an algorithmic schedule shaped by your site's popularity, update cadence, and domain authority. It generally spreads requests across recurring crawl passes, throttles itself to limit server load, and respects crawl rules more reliably than most other bots.
Does SeekportBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
SeekportBot 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 SeekportBot respects it.
Is SeekportBot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. SeekportBot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking SeekportBot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Blocking SeekportBot can remove your pages from the search engine it supplies. That may also affect AI products that rely on the same index, but it does not directly control unrelated AI search services.
Does SeekportBot Access Private Content?
No special access. SeekportBot can reach only content available to anonymous visitors and does not sign in. Make sure sensitive content is not public by mistake.
How Can I Verify a Request From SeekportBot?
Agent Analytics tracks SeekportBot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "SeekportBot". Look for recurring passes that revisit changed pages and discover new ones. Because SeekportBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is SeekportBot Different From Other SISTRIX Agents?
SISTRIX operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
- Seekport: Seekport is a search engine crawler operated by SISTRIX.