Baidu

2 crawlers operated by Baidu

https://www.baidu.com/

Who Baidu is, for site owners

Baidu operates 2 crawlers in our directory, filed under Search Engines. Of those 2, 2 rated safe for crawl behaviour.

Blocking Baidu carries an SEO impact score of 10/10 across its crawlers. Every crawler here carries the same blocking impact: Critical - Blocking removes you from search results.

Our recommendation for Baidu, set by its least reassuring crawler (baidu, rated safe): Never block - it will remove your site from major search results.

Baidu at a glance

Operator	Baidu
Crawlers in directory	2
Categories	Search Engines
SEO impact if blocked	10/10
Crawl behaviour	2 rated safe
Website	www.baidu.com
Official crawler docs	Baidu crawler documentation

Crawlers operated by Baidu

How to block or allow Baidu in robots.txt

These rules cover all 2 crawlers Baidu operates. Add them to the robots.txt file at the root of your domain.

Block Baidu completely

User-agent: baidu
User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /

Allow Baidu explicitly

User-agent: baidu
User-agent: Baiduspider
Allow: /

robots.txt is a request, not an enforcement mechanism. A crawler that ignores it needs a block at the server or CDN layer. Rules are case-sensitive on the path and matched against the user-agent token, not the full user-agent string.

Frequently asked questions about Baidu

What crawlers does Baidu run?

Baidu operates 2 crawlers in our directory: baidu (user-agent baidu), Baiduspider (user-agent Baiduspider).

Should I block Baidu?

Never block - it will remove your site from major search results. That guidance follows this operator's least reassuring crawler, baidu, rated safe, because allowing an operator allows every crawler it runs. The SEO impact score for blocking is 10/10, where 10 means blocking costs you the most visibility.

How do I block Baidu in robots.txt?

Add the following to robots.txt at your domain root: User-agent: baidu then User-agent: Baiduspider then Disallow: /. One Disallow line covers all 2 user-agent tokens.

Does blocking Baidu hurt my search rankings?

Every crawler here carries the same blocking impact: Critical - Blocking removes you from search results. Those are search-indexing crawlers, so blocking them can remove your pages from the corresponding search results. Block them only if you intend to leave that index. Every crawler in this group is rated the same way, so there is no subset here that is safe to block for ranking purposes.