What is SemrushBot-SWA?
SemrushBot-SWA is a specialized crawler used by Semrush's SEO Writing Assistant tool to check if URLs are accessible and verify content availability for SEO analysis. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when SemrushBot-SWA visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SemrushBot-SWA/0.1; +http://www.semrush.com/bot.html) |
| Operated By | Semrush |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Scheduled or manual configuration |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | No |
Why Is SemrushBot-SWA Visiting My Website?
Someone, most likely on your own team, configured SemrushBot-SWA to check your site. Uptime monitors, performance testers, and audit tools visit only the sites or endpoints they are told to watch.
Should I Block SemrushBot-SWA?
Only if no one on your team relies on it. SemrushBot-SWA may support uptime monitoring, performance tests, or audits. Blocking it without checking first can silently disrupt those workflows. For context, 10% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for SemrushBot-SWA.
Insights for SemrushBot-SWA
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
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From SemrushBot-SWA?
SemrushBot-SWA's traffic often follows fixed intervals like a cron job. Activity may consist of short recurring checks or occasional intensive bursts, but it usually remains limited to a specific set of pages or endpoints.
Does SemrushBot-SWA Follow Robots.txt Rules?
No. SemrushBot-SWA is not expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule only communicates your preference. Enforce the block with firewall or server rules, then use Agent Analytics to verify that its requests stop.
Is SemrushBot-SWA Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. SemrushBot-SWA is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking SemrushBot-SWA Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. SemrushBot-SWA's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does SemrushBot-SWA Access Private Content?
Only when configured with access. A team may grant SemrushBot-SWA credentials to monitor staging sites or private health endpoints. Without those credentials, it sees only public pages.
How Can I Verify a Request From SemrushBot-SWA?
Agent Analytics tracks SemrushBot-SWA visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "SemrushBot-SWA". Look for repeated checks of the same pages or endpoints at regular intervals. Because SemrushBot-SWA does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is SemrushBot-SWA Different From Other Semrush Agents?
Semrush operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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