diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 8e5087f..f91886c 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ export type PlayModes = 'always' | 'hover' | 'click' | 'manual';
  * Custom options for the glitch animations.
  */
 export type PowerGlitchOptions = {
+    /**
+     * Whether to avoid running the glitch effect on crawlers for SEO optimization.
+     */
+    optimizeSeo: boolean,
+
     /**
      * Html to glitch. If not provided, will use the elements themselves. If provided, all elements should have an `innerHTML` property.
      */
@@ -164,12 +169,20 @@ export type LayerDefinition = {
     timing: EffectTiming,
 };
 
+/**
+ * On crawlers, the glitch effect is disabled for SEO optimization.
+ */
+const crawlerMockFunction = () => {
+    console.log('This feature is not available in the browser');
+};
+
 /**
  * Get best-looking default options for most elements for a given playMode.
  */
 const getDefaultOptions = (playMode: PlayModes = 'always'): PowerGlitchOptions => {
     return {
         playMode,
+        optimizeSeo: true,
         createContainers: true,
         hideOverflow: false,
         timing: playMode === 'always' ? { duration: 2 * 1000, iterations: Infinity } : { duration: 250, iterations: 1 },
@@ -549,6 +562,15 @@ const glitch = (elOrSelector: GlitchableElement = '.powerglitch', userOptions: G
     // Fix options with defaults
     const options: PowerGlitchOptions = mergeOptions(getDefaultOptions(userOptions.playMode), userOptions);
 
+    // Do NOT glitch if SEO optimization is enabled and the user agent is a bot
+    if (options.optimizeSeo && /bot|google|baidu|bing|msn|teoma|slurp|yandex|facebookexternalhit|facebot/i.exec(navigator.userAgent)) {
+        return {
+            containers: [],
+            startGlitch: crawlerMockFunction,
+            stopGlitch: crawlerMockFunction,
+        };
+    }
+
     // Find elements to glitch
     let elements: HTMLElement[] = [];
     if (typeof elOrSelector === 'string') {