# Name of blacklisted user agent

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-blacklisted-user-agent/142963
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [29 februari 2020 om 11:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-blacklisted-user-agent/142963 "2020-02-29T11:16:25Z")
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### Author: ![eextra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eextra/32/170266_2.png) [@eextra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eextra)
#### Post date: [29 februari 2020 om 11:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-blacklisted-user-agent/142963/1 "2020-02-29T11:16:25Z")

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If in the _Web Crawler User Agents_ tab  
I have the name of the bot, that’s exactly what I have to enter in the options to make sure that the bot is blocked or another name ?

for example  
`MBCrawler/1.0 (https://monitorbacklinks.com/robot)`

then what should be input here

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/1/11afa0c5ffdd561026d8707ff908ea0a829ae886.png)

MBCrawler/1.0 or a whole line or maybe any word containing the name of that bot ?

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2Q  
And by the way, are you blocking these bots or not because I read different opinions? Maybe there’s no point in worrying about any bot.

But if so, why is Ahrefs blocked by default, etc . What is the purpose of this?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [29 februari 2020 om 20:23 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-blacklisted-user-agent/142963/2 "2020-02-29T20:23:39Z")

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I think `monitorbacklinks` would be best as it is the longest unique string.

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### Author: ![Emilio\_F\_Castillo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/emilio_f_castillo/32/201087_2.png) [@Emilio\_F\_Castillo](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Emilio_F_Castillo)
#### Post date: [29 juli 2020 om 20:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/name-of-blacklisted-user-agent/142963/3 "2020-07-29T20:59:13Z")

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Hello Sylwia, and thank you for adding this post.

1. Do you know what the SEO implications of blocking bots from google may be?
2. Did you get a response to your second question:

> [@eextra](#):
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> 2Q  
> And by the way, are you blocking these bots or not because I read different opinions? Maybe there’s no point in worrying about any bot.
> 
> But if so, why is Ahrefs blocked by default, etc . What is the purpose of this?

I am in the process of blocking bots to keep my pageviews under control and within by subscription plan.