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SemrushBot-SWA

SemrushBot-SWA is a Semrush crawler for SEO Writing Assistant URL checks.

Not tied to answers in an AI assistant.

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Is SemrushBot-SWA allowed on your site?
  • SemrushBot-SWAOther
    Not checked

Reads your live robots.txt and applies the same rules these crawlers use. Nothing is stored.

robots.txt token
SemrushBot-SWA
Follows robots.txt
Yes, documented
How to verify it
Not published
Seen on
Not measured
Last checked
11 June 2026

Should you block SemrushBot-SWA?

Blocking it can prevent Semrush SEO Writing Assistant from checking whether your URL is accessible.

What blocking each Semrush bot does
Semrush botJobIf you block it
SemrushBot-OCOBOtherBlocking it can affect Semrush ContentShake AI reports that need to check your pages.
SemrushBot-SWAThis pageOtherBlocking it can prevent Semrush SEO Writing Assistant from checking whether your URL is accessible.
robots.txt
User-agent: SemrushBot-SWA
Disallow: /

Asks SemrushBot-SWA not to crawl any page. Other Semrush bots are unaffected. Add it to the robots.txt file at the root of your site, above any wider rules.

Ignored robots.txt?

Whether to allow SemrushBot-SWA is a policy call. Either way, check which AI platforms actually send you human visitors before assuming crawl volume equals value.

Spot it in your logs.

Match the name, then check where the request came from. Anyone can copy a user-agent.

User-agentsource
SemrushBot-SWA

Version numbers change. Match the highlighted name, not the whole string.

  1. 1

    Match the name

    Search your server or CDN log for SemrushBot-SWA, case-insensitive. A match is a clue, not proof.

  2. 2

    Check the source

    Semrush publishes no IP ranges, reverse DNS or signatures for SemrushBot-SWA in the sources here, so it cannot be verified. Treat matches as unconfirmed.

Serve the content in HTML

The cited operator material does not verify JavaScript rendering. Serve useful HTML before client-side JavaScript where possible.

Questions, answered.

SemrushBot-SWA is a Semrush crawler for SEO Writing Assistant URL checks.

Sources.

Officially documented. Operator facts and Trakkr’s measurements keep separate dates.

  1. [1]
    Semrush crawler documentation

    Officially documented · checked 11 June 2026

    www.semrush.com/bot/

First verified 11 June 2026. Last source check 11 June 2026.

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