---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "serankingbacklinksbot"
kind: "seo"
operator: "SE Ranking"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "low"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/serankingbacklinksbot.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/serankingbacklinksbot/"
---

# SERankingBacklinksBot

> SE Ranking's crawler for its backlink database used in the SE Ranking SEO platform.

## Dossier

- Kind: SEO & backlink crawlers
- Operator: SE Ranking (https://seranking.com/)
- Documentation: none found
- robots.txt tokens: SERankingBacklinksBot
- Feeds: SEO backlink index
- Respects robots.txt: Not documented. Official help page (help.seranking.com) returned 403 to our fetch; robots behaviour not verified.
- Verification: Unknown
- Labels matched in our logs: serankingbacklinksbot

## Why it matters to New Runtime (our interpretation)

SEO backlink index: our pages and outbound links show up in third-party link graphs used by marketers; no direct AI-reader value.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-23 (93-day window): 315 requests on 19 days; first seen 2026-09-30, last seen 2026-10-23; Regular.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://seranking.com/backlinks-crawler.html

Identity: A family name is what a client claims in its user agent. It is verified only when its request came from the operator's published IP ranges or passed forward-confirmed reverse DNS, as reported per family in /crawler-journeys.json. Anyone can claim any name.

All dossiers: https://newruntime.com/readers.md