Majestic

1 crawler operated by Majestic

Who Majestic is, for site owners

Majestic operates 1 crawler in our directory, filed under SEO Tools. Its crawl behaviour is rated caution.

Blocking Majestic carries an SEO impact score of 2/10. Blocking impact is rated: Low - No SEO ranking impact.

Our recommendation for Majestic: Consider blocking based on your content strategy.

Majestic at a glance

Operator	Majestic
Crawler in directory	1
Categories	SEO Tools
SEO impact if blocked	2/10
Crawl behaviour	1 rated caution
Website	majestic.com
Official crawler docs	Majestic crawler documentation

Crawler operated by Majestic

MJ12bot
Caution

User-agent: MJ12bot

Category: SEO Tools

SEO impact if blocked: 2/10

How to block or allow Majestic in robots.txt

This rule covers the single crawler Majestic operates. Add it to the robots.txt file at the root of your domain.

Block Majestic completely

User-agent: MJ12bot
Disallow: /

Allow Majestic explicitly

User-agent: MJ12bot
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 Majestic

What crawler does Majestic run?

Majestic operates 1 crawler in our directory: MJ12bot (user-agent MJ12bot).

Should I block Majestic?

Consider blocking based on your content strategy. The SEO impact score for blocking is 2/10, where 10 means blocking costs you the most visibility.

How do I block Majestic in robots.txt?

Add the following to robots.txt at your domain root: User-agent: MJ12bot then Disallow: /.

Does blocking Majestic hurt my search rankings?

Blocking impact is rated: Low - No SEO ranking impact. Google's own ranking crawler is Googlebot, which this operator does not run, so blocking Majestic does not by itself remove you from Google's index. What it can change is whether AI assistants and analytics tools can read your pages.