Search Crawler
✓ GEO Recommendation: Keep Open
Amzn-SearchBot
Operated by Amazon · Powers Amazon search experiences, including Alexa
Amzn-SearchBot indexes web content for Amazon search experiences, including Alexa. It is not used to train generative AI models.
Owner
Amazon
Trigger
Automated crawl / indexing
Used for AI Training
No
robots.txt control
Yes
Impact if blocked
Content may no longer be eligible to appear in Amazon search experiences such as Alexa.
How to identify
User-Agent: Amzn-SearchBot
What it does
Amazon's documentation states Amzn-SearchBot is used to improve search experiences in Amazon products and services. By permitting it, your content becomes eligible to appear in search experiences such as Alexa.
Amazon separately states that Amzn-SearchBot does not crawl content for generative AI model training — that is a distinct concern from Amazonbot, Amazon's training-eligible crawler.
Why we recommend keeping it open
- Keeps your content eligible for Amazon search experiences, including Alexa
- Amazon states it is not used to train generative AI models
- Independent of Amazonbot — blocking one does not affect the other
Identification & robots.txt
User-Agent identifier
Amzn-SearchBot
Verification
Verify using Amazon's published bot-specific IP ranges.
Robots.txt guidance — Allow rule
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Allow: /