--- title: "DuckDuckBot Simulator - Test DuckDuckGo Crawler | Free Tool" description: "Simulate how DuckDuckGo's crawler sees your website. Test your site's visibility in the privacy-focused search engine." lang: en json-ld: --- [![Encited logo](/brand/logo.svg)](/) - Features - Resources [Pricing](/pricing)Login[Contact Sales](/contact-sales)Get started free Get started free [All Crawler Simulators](/free-tools/crawler-simulator) ![DuckDuckBot](/crawler-logos/duckduckgo.svg) CRAWLER SIMULATOR # DuckDuckBot Crawler Simulator Test how DuckDuckGo's crawler indexes your website. Optimize for the privacy-focused search engine and DuckAssist AI. SIMULATE ## Test your site with DuckDuckBot Enter your URL to see how DuckDuckBot views your site. ![duckduckgo](/crawler-logos/duckduckgo.svg)DuckDuckBot Simulate DuckDuckBot OVERVIEW ## What is DuckDuckBot? DuckDuckBot is DuckDuckGo's web crawler that indexes content for their privacy-focused search engine. 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