What is BomboraBot?
BomboraBot is a web crawler operated by Bombora, a B2B data intelligence company that specializes in intent data and audience solutions. The bot collects behavioral data from B2B publishers to identify companies showing purchasing intent, helping with market intelligence and sales prioritization. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Bombora |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
BomboraBot usually returns to a small set of pages rather than crawling an entire site. Visits may follow an hourly, daily, or weekly schedule, while websites its clients do not monitor may never encounter it.
BomboraBot's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; BomboraBot/1.0; +http://www.bombora.com/bot) |
How To Block BomboraBot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block BomboraBot from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all intelligence gatherers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: BomboraBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/bomborabot
Disallow: /Global Statistics for BomboraBot
As of August 11, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
1% of top websites block BomboraBot in their robots.txt files.
Overall Intelligence Gatherer Traffic
3.5% of all web traffic came from intelligence gatherers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by BomboraBot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block BomboraBot?
If you run ads, confirm BomboraBot's purpose before blocking it. Some intelligence gatherers measure ad placements or evaluate pages for brand safety, and blocking those agents can interfere with advertising systems. If this one serves a different purpose, weigh any research visibility against sharing business or page-level data with third parties. For context, 1% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for BomboraBot.
Does BomboraBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. BomboraBot is expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether BomboraBot respects it.
Does BomboraBot Access Private Content?
No special access. BomboraBot can read publicly available pages but cannot bypass authentication. Assume anything you publish openly may be collected.
Why Is BomboraBot Visiting My Website?
A client of Bombora may be gathering competitive intelligence, measuring advertisements, or evaluating content for brand safety. The pages requested reflect that client's objective.
How Can I Tell if BomboraBot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks BomboraBot visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "BomboraBot". Look for repeated requests to the same small group of commercial or ad-supported pages. Because BomboraBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.