Seznam

2 crawlers operated by Seznam

https://www.seznam.cz/

Who Seznam is, for site owners

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

Blocking Seznam 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 Seznam, set by its least reassuring crawler (SeznamBot, rated safe): Never block - it will remove your site from major search results.

Seznam at a glance

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

Crawlers operated by Seznam

How to block or allow Seznam in robots.txt

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

Block Seznam completely

User-agent: SeznamBot
User-agent: SeznamHomepageCrawler
Disallow: /

Allow Seznam explicitly

User-agent: SeznamBot
User-agent: SeznamHomepageCrawler
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 Seznam

What crawlers does Seznam run?

Seznam operates 2 crawlers in our directory: SeznamBot (user-agent SeznamBot), SeznamHomepageCrawler (user-agent SeznamHomepageCrawler).

Should I block Seznam?

Never block - it will remove your site from major search results. That guidance follows this operator's least reassuring crawler, SeznamBot, 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 Seznam in robots.txt?

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

Does blocking Seznam 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.