UPDATED Jan 2012 – WP-Plugin to Track Googlebot & Bingbot Crawls and Keywords
UPDATED Jan 2012
Marty just updated our simple WordPress plugin which you can install on self-hosted WordPress blogs. It nows also tracks the crawling activity of BingBot, as well as GoogleBot, and it will also tell you which keywords were used to find your site.
We tested it with the most recent version of WordPress – and it’s designed to alert you when Google finds a new site you’ve launched – and to track when Google (and Bing) visits the rest of your pages.
100% FREE Hobo WP Bot Tracker for WP
You don’t even need to subscribe – and it’s a BETA – if it cuts the mustard we’ll add it to WordPress.com – Note – this plugin is NOT designed to work with Wp Super Cache.
Hobo Googlebot Tracker Screenshots
You can see which pages are being crawled, and export them to a csv if you want.
It should do what it says on the tin. It will log when Google visits your site, and show you which pages Googlebot is crawling. This plugin will also (if selected) email you when Google finds your blog or.
To Install
- Download the plugin direct
- Go to PLUGINS > ADD NEW > UPLOAD and upload and ACTIVATE the plugin
- Go to HOBO GOOGLEBOT in SETTINGS, and configure your OPTIONS
Disclaimer – Please Read
This simple plugin is free to do with what you want. It is easy to install and activate, but check out the options page to ensure it is configured properly. For instance, you may want to deactivate the credit link if you don’t want to credit us with a link back to this plugin. When you uninstall this plugin, it will wipe the data it has accrued from the database. We have no plans to port this to Joomla or Drupal as folk asked.
As with all free plugins, use at your own risk – and backup everything before using it. We accept no responsibility if something goes wrong. It works on all the sites we tested it on. It’s released as a beta, so we expect a few wrinkles, and any feedback is very welcome.
HOPE YOU FIND IT USEFUL 
We’ll probably upgrade it in a short while with more search engine crawlers etc and you can thank Richard of this payroll services company for asking how to easily track these visits in WP.
Written by Shaun Anderson
