What is LinkupBot?
LinkupBot is a web crawler operated by Linkup that indexes enterprise web content for its AI search platform. The bot visits websites to collect relevant business information that's used to power Linkup's services. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Linkup |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
LinkupBot revisits your site on a flexible schedule, often requesting several pages in a burst. Activity usually increases when your content changes or its index refreshes, with quiet intervals between crawl passes.
LinkupBot's User Agent
| User Agent | LinkupBot/1.0 (LinkupBot for web indexing; https://linkup.so/bot; bot@linkup.so) |
How To Block LinkupBot With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block LinkupBot from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI search crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: LinkupBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/linkupbot
Disallow: /Global Statistics for LinkupBot
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
2% of top websites block LinkupBot in their robots.txt files.
Overall AI Search Crawler Traffic
1.9% of all web traffic came from AI search crawlers.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by LinkupBot.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block LinkupBot?
Usually not. Blocking LinkupBot keeps your pages out of its AI search results and can eliminate referral traffic from that channel. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 2% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for LinkupBot.
Does LinkupBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. LinkupBot 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 LinkupBot respects it.
Does LinkupBot Access Private Content?
No special access. LinkupBot can reach only content available to anonymous visitors. Make sure staging sites and other sensitive areas require authentication.
Why Is LinkupBot Visiting My Website?
LinkupBot is updating an AI search index so your pages can appear in its results. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or mentions of your domain.
How Can I Tell if LinkupBot Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks LinkupBot 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 "LinkupBot". Look for bursts that follow links across several pages and recur over time. Because LinkupBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.