Turnitin

2 crawlers operated by Turnitin

https://www.turnitin.com/

Who Turnitin is, for site owners

Turnitin operates 2 crawlers in our directory, filed under Data Scrapers and Other Agents. Of those 2, 2 rated safe for crawl behaviour.

Blocking Turnitin carries an SEO impact score of 0/10 to 2/10 across its crawlers. The highest-impact crawler is TurnitinBot: Varies - Evaluate before blocking.

Our recommendation for Turnitin, set by its least reassuring crawler (TurnitinBot, rated safe): Generally safe to allow; provides legitimate crawling value.

Turnitin at a glance

Operator	Turnitin
Crawlers in directory	2
Categories	Data Scrapers, Other Agents
SEO impact if blocked	0/10 to 2/10
Crawl behaviour	2 rated safe
Website	www.turnitin.com
Official crawler docs	Turnitin crawler documentation

Crawlers operated by Turnitin

How to block or allow Turnitin in robots.txt

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

Block Turnitin completely

User-agent: Turnitin
User-agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /

Allow Turnitin explicitly

User-agent: Turnitin
User-agent: TurnitinBot
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 Turnitin

What crawlers does Turnitin run?

Turnitin operates 2 crawlers in our directory: Turnitin (user-agent Turnitin), TurnitinBot (user-agent TurnitinBot).

Should I block Turnitin?

Generally safe to allow; provides legitimate crawling value. That guidance follows this operator's least reassuring crawler, TurnitinBot, rated safe, because allowing an operator allows every crawler it runs. The SEO impact score for blocking is 0/10 to 2/10, where 10 means blocking costs you the most visibility.

How do I block Turnitin in robots.txt?

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

Does blocking Turnitin hurt my search rankings?

The highest-impact crawler here is TurnitinBot, rated: Varies - Evaluate before blocking. Google's own ranking crawler is Googlebot, which this operator does not run, so blocking Turnitin 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.