--- title: "DuckDuckBot Simulator & Tester: Crawl Any URL" url: https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator/duckduckbot-simulator description: "Simulate a DuckDuckBot visit to any URL on your website. Crawl the page and inspect the HTML, status code, and headers DuckDuckGo gets. Free." lang: en --- All Crawler Simulators (https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator) Image: DuckDuckBot (https://encited.com/crawler-logos/duckduckgo.svg) CRAWLER SIMULATOR # DuckDuckBot Simulator & Tester Last updated September 29, 2026 Simulate a DuckDuckBot visit to any URL on your website. Crawl the page and inspect the HTML DuckDuckGo Search and DuckAssist get. SIMULATE ## Simulate a DuckDuckBot visit Enter any URL on your website to crawl it as DuckDuckBot and inspect the HTML it gets. HOW IT WORKS ## How to use the DuckDuckBot simulator 1. Step 1 ### Enter a URL Paste the full URL of any page on your website, such as a product page, a blog post, or the home page. 2. Step 2 ### Select the DuckDuckBot user agent The tester sends the request with the DuckDuckBot user-agent string, so your server answers the way it answers a real DuckDuckBot visit. 3. Step 3 ### Run the crawl The simulator requests the page as DuckDuckBot and follows redirects, the same way the crawler does. 4. Step 4 ### Inspect the HTML Check the status code, redirects, response headers, raw HTML, word count, and Open Graph tags DuckDuckBot gets. If your main content is missing from the HTML, DuckDuckBot cannot read it. OVERVIEW ## What is DuckDuckBot? DuckDuckBot is DuckDuckGo's web crawler that indexes content for their privacy-focused search engine. DuckDuckGo also has DuckAssistBot for their AI-powered DuckAssist feature. With growing privacy concerns, DuckDuckGo's user base continues to expand, making optimization worthwhile. WHY ALLOW IT ## Why allow DuckDuckBot? Rank in DuckDuckGo search results Reach privacy-conscious users Get cited by DuckAssist AI feature Diversify search traffic sources Appear in DuckDuckGo's !bang searches ROBOTS.TXT ## DuckDuckBot robots.txt configuration Control how DuckDuckBot crawls your website using robots.txt directives. Add these rules to your robots.txt file at the root of your domain, then run the simulator again on the same URL to confirm the change. ### Allow DuckDuckBot \# Allow DuckDuckGo crawlers User-agent: DuckDuckBot Allow: / User-agent: DuckAssistBot Allow: / ### Block DuckDuckBot \# Block DuckDuckGo crawlers User-agent: DuckDuckBot Disallow: / User-agent: DuckAssistBot Disallow: / **User-Agent String:** `DuckDuckBot/1.0; (+http://duckduckgo.com/duckduckbot.html)` ## DuckDuckBot simulator FAQ ### How do I simulate a DuckDuckBot visit to my website? ### How does DuckDuckGo's search work? ### What is DuckAssist and how do I appear in it? ### Does DuckDuckBot execute JavaScript? ### How do I submit my site to DuckDuckGo? ### Is DuckDuckGo traffic valuable? ## Related Crawler Simulators Googlebot Simulator https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator/googlebot-simulator Bingbot Simulator https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator/bingbot-simulator Bravebot Simulator https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator/bravebot-simulator YouBot Simulator https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator/youbot-simulator ## More Free SEO Tools Continue auditing your site with these companion tools. SEO Audit 30 checks for crawlability, SEO, and AI readiness https://encited.com/free-tools/seo-audit Crawler Simulator See what 100+ search and AI bots get from your page https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator Googlebot Simulator Fetch your page as Googlebot Smartphone or Desktop https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator/googlebot-simulator Robots.txt Analyzer Check which crawlers are allowed or blocked https://encited.com/free-tools/robots-txt-analyzer OG Image Previewer Preview social media link cards https://encited.com/free-tools/og-image-previewer Meta Tag Audit Audit meta tags and generate a fix prompt https://encited.com/free-tools/meta-tag-audit AI Crawler Checker Check if ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity can read your site https://encited.com/free-tools/ai-crawl-checker ## Related Guides Dive deeper with these step-by-step guides and tutorials. Get Indexed by ChatGPT, Perplexity & AI Search: https://encited.com/blog/how-to-get-pages-indexed-by-openai-chatgpt Is Lovable SEO Friendly? A Practical Guide: https://encited.com/blog/is-lovable-seo-friendly What Is Pre-rendering for SPAs?: https://encited.com/docs/pre-rendering/what-pre-rendering-gets-you Fix Lovable SEO: The Complete 2026 Guide: https://encited.com/blog/fix-lovable-seo GET STARTED ## Make your site crawlable JavaScript sites often have indexing issues. Encited pre-renders your SPA into crawler-friendly HTML so DuckDuckBot and other bots can read your content. All crawlers: https://encited.com/free-tools/crawler-simulator Image: Avatar (https://replymaven.com/api/uploads/Su6Q0nK63iZW0ZFJBRNWpmRuppVDLuab/98df5262-f992-45fa-a750-00a6c919baf9.png) How can we help? Get instant answers to your questions or leave a message for an engineer will reach out Ask AI about Encited See our docs (https://lovablehtml.com/docs) Contact support Leave a message We'll get back to you soon Ask AI about Encited Product questions, troubleshooting and Thinking Image: Preview Drop an image to attach Powered by ReplyMaven (https://replymaven.com/) ## Structured data ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "FAQPage", "mainEntity": [ { "@type": "Question", "name": "How do I simulate a DuckDuckBot visit to my website?", "acceptedAnswer": { "@type": "Answer", "text": "Enter any URL from your website in the tester above and run the crawl. The simulator requests the page with the DuckDuckBot user-agent string and shows the status code, response headers, and raw HTML it gets. 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