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What is Amzn-SearchBot?

Amzn-SearchBot is Amazon's crawler for Alexa and Amazon search experiences; Amazon says it is not used for training.

AI search and answersFollows robots.txtIP list
Operator
Amazon
Purpose
AI search and answers. Indexes pages so AI answers can cite and link to you. Blocking it can remove you from those answers.
robots.txt token
Amzn-SearchBot
Sample user agent
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Amzn-SearchBot/0.1) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.36User agents change with versions. Match on the token, not the full string.
Follows robots.txt
Yes, according to Amazon. Amazon says it falls back to your rules for other search crawlers when it has no group of its own.
How to verify
Check the IP against Amazon's published list.Amazon publishes its list as a web page of single IP addresses.
Sources
Amazon documentationAmazon IP list
Last reviewed

Allow or block Amzn-SearchBot

Block Amzn-SearchBot
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /

Asks Amzn-SearchBot not to crawl any page. Well-behaved crawlers stop; it does not stop anyone who ignores robots.txt.

Allow Amzn-SearchBot
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Allow: /

Lets Amzn-SearchBot crawl everything. You only need this if a broader rule would otherwise block it.

Should you block it?

Keep Amzn-SearchBot allowed if you want to appear, with a link, in Amazon's answers. Blocking it is the fastest way to disappear from them.

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How to verify a Amzn-SearchBot request

  1. Find the IP address of the request in your server or CDN logs.
  2. Get Amazon's published list (Amazon IP list).
  3. Check whether the IP falls inside one of the ranges. If it doesn't, the request is not from Amzn-SearchBot, whatever its user agent says.

Amazon publishes its list as a web page of single IP addresses.

Questions about Amzn-SearchBot

Is Amzn-SearchBot safe to allow?

Amzn-SearchBot reads public pages; it does not log in or submit forms. Whether to allow it depends on whether you want Amazon's product to use your pages.

How do I know a request is really Amzn-SearchBot?

Check the request against what Amazon publishes: Check the IP against Amazon's published list. The user agent alone proves nothing.

How often does Amzn-SearchBot visit?

It depends on your site; Amazon doesn't publish a schedule. Referscope shows the real visits.

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