Bot IP: 202.8.40.1
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.
Likely legitimate
Track-A-Bot Trust Score: 79/100
79
score
0255075100
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: 2
- ⏱️ Age: 598h
Penalties
- ✅ No major spoof pattern
- ✅ No fingerprint fields
- ✅ Cookies not enabled
- ✅ No connection type
Total visits: 2 First seen: Nov 15th, 2024 11:06 AM Last seen: Dec 10th, 2024 9:37 AM
Known Hostname(s)
sardine001.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
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
First
3/16/24
Last
12/12/25
This page provides a detailed lookup for the bot with the IP address of 202.8.40.1, 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.