Short answer
LinkupBot is LinkUp's crawler for public job and career websites.
AI crawler guide
LinkupBot: set robots.txt correctly
LinkupBot is LinkUp's crawler for public job and career websites.
Crawler facts
Facts about LinkupBot
User-agent token
LinkupBot
Operator
LinkUp
KI-Console group
AI search
Search or index crawler: sitemap, crawlability, and classic SEO still matter.
robots.txt
Yes, documented
Documentation
Open source documentationWhat is LinkupBot?
LinkUp documents LinkUpBot as a crawler that gathers active public job postings from company career sites and includes them in the LinkUp job index.
Purpose and SEO meaning
The KI-Console group is search. For most websites, LinkupBot mainly matters if career or job content should be indexed.
Visibility and privacy note
Blocking LinkupBot can reduce how systems from LinkUp see, index, train on, or retrieve your public content. Allowing it improves technical access, but it never guarantees crawling, ranking, citation, or a positive AI answer.
LinkUp documents that LinkUpBot obeys robots.txt Disallow rules and supports Crawl-delay.
robots.txt for LinkupBot
Use the exact token LinkupBot in your robots.txt. Keep private paths blocked separately if only part of the site should be available.
Allow :bot
User-agent: LinkupBot
Allow: /Block :bot
User-agent: LinkupBot
Disallow: /Straight answers
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What is LinkupBot?
LinkupBot is a crawler or robots.txt control token operated by LinkUp. The facts above show its purpose, robots.txt behavior, and exact allow or block rules.
How do I block LinkupBot in robots.txt?
Use User-agent: LinkupBot and Disallow: /. robots.txt is a directive for compliant crawlers, not a technical access barrier.
Does blocking LinkupBot reduce AI visibility?
It can reduce visibility in systems from LinkUp if those systems can no longer crawl, index, train on, or retrieve your content. The effect depends on the bot type and product.
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