Identicon of IP address 85.208.98.17

85.208.98.17

IP Risk Score: 50 / 100

This IP presents a moderate risk and may be associated with automated activity. Moderate behavioral signals suggest possible automated probing or scanning. This assessment is backed by strong and consistent detection signals. The combined signals place this IP in a moderate risk category. Monitoring is recommended, with defensive action considered if activity continues.

What is this IP address?
IP Address: 85.208.98.17
Country: United States flag United States (US)
Region Name: Virginia (VA)
City: Ashburn
ISP: Google LLC
Organization: Byoip
Threat level: 50 / 100
Conf. level: 100 / 100
Properties
ASN: AS396982
AS Name: Google LLC
Timezone: America/New_York
Reverse DNS: bot.semrush.com
Status: Suspicious Search Crawler
Hosting

Observed Client Profile
  • OS: Unknown (100%)
  • Device Type: Bot (100%)
  • Browser Family: Unknown (100%)
  • Rendering Engine: Unknown (100%)
Behavioral Indicators

The IP shows activity consistent with a known bot, SEMrushBot, accessing a single site with low frequency. However, the lack of JavaScript support and hosting from a cloud provider raises some concerns about the nature of the traffic.

The supernet (85.208.0.0/16), which this IP belongs to, exhibits a high level of coordinated automation, primarily driven by the SEMrushBot user agent, which is consistently used across multiple IPs. The behavior indicates a significant volume of low-interaction traffic, likely for web scraping or indexing purposes, with some instances of 403 errors suggesting potential access restrictions.

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Spider
JavaScript Support
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User-Agent Samples
  • SEMrushBot

IP Location

Region: Virginia, United States

City: Ashburn

Local time: 2026-06-22 10:18:17