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Bot IP: 202.8.40.0

Bot Name: AhrefsBot
AhrefsBot is a web crawler operated by Ahrefs, a company specializing in SEO tools and backlink analysis. It scans websites to gather data for Ahrefs' search engine optimization platform.
Unverified
Track-A-Bot Trust Score: 69/100
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Why Track-A-Bot rated this IP (tap to expand)

Identity

  • ✅ Marked as bot traffic
  • ✅ Bot name present
  • ✅ User-agent matches bot name
  • ✅ User-agent includes identity link/email

Hostname

  • ✅ Hostname observed
  • ℹ️ Hostname does not resemble bot name
  • ℹ️ Hostname status not verified
  • ✅ No hostname mismatch flags

Behavior

  • ✅ Requested /robots.txt
  • ✅ No referrer (typical crawler behavior)
  • ⚠️ Many non-200/304 responses
  • 📌 Visits: 1
  • ⏱️ Age: 0h

Penalties

  • ✅ No major spoof pattern
  • ✅ No fingerprint fields
  • ✅ Cookies not enabled
  • ✅ No connection type
Total visits: 1 First seen: Nov 14th, 2024 4:10 AM Last seen: Nov 14th, 2024 4:10 AM
Known Hostname(s)
sardine000.ahrefs.net
Known User Agent(s)
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AhrefsBot/7.0; +http://ahrefs.com/robot/)
Known Accepted Encoding(s)
deflate, gzip, br, zstd

Common User-Agent Tokens

These are identifiers found inside user-agent strings we observed for ahrefsbot.

Token
Seen
First seen
Last seen
ahrefsbot/7.0
126,472
3/16/24
12/12/25
ahrefsbot/7.0 126,472 seen
First 3/16/24
Last 12/12/25

Identity Links

These are URLs we observed in association with ahrefsbot (often used as an identity, help, or policy link).

URL
Seen
First seen
Last seen
126,472
3/16/24
12/12/25
ahrefs.com/robot/ 126,472 seen ahrefs.com
First 3/16/24
Last 12/12/25

This page provides a detailed lookup for the bot with the IP address of 202.8.40.0, based on real-world traffic observed across websites using Track-A-Bot software. Use this information to verify whether activity from this IP belongs to a legitimate search engine crawler, or to analyze bot behavior on your website.