Amazon
Amzn-SearchBot
Crawls for Amazon search experiences, including Alexa, rather than generative-model training.
AI searchAI training
Amazonbot
Collects web content for Amazon products and services, potentially including AI training.
Operated by Amazon
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HTTP identifierAmazonbot
IdentityVerify beyond the name
THE SIGNAL
What this visit tells you
Broad collection is not evidence of an Alexa user requesting your page. Separate it from Amazon’s search and user-fetch identities.
Crawl volume
Content paths
Response status
Your next move
Review training permission and crawl load together. Keep business metrics separate from this background collection.
The technical details
MarkdownHow to identify it
Look for the Amazonbot identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.
How to check identity
Compare the request IP with the current operator-published ranges linked in the source. A matching name alone does not verify identity.
Access and robots.txt
Use the Amazonbot robots.txt group to control this crawler. Configure Amzn-SearchBot and Amzn-User separately; access does not guarantee inclusion in a product.
Optional full-site opt-out. Merge with existing rules only if intended. robots.txt does not secure private content.
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /Seeing 403 or 404 responses?
403 means access was denied; 404 means the resource was not found. Compare the public path, request time, edge security event and origin response to find the cause.
Separate intended restrictions and secret-file probes from pages that should work. A User-Agent name alone does not justify allowing a request.
SourcesReviewed 2026-09-14
Identity and purpose are based on these sources. Analytics interpretation and suggested checks are Apostl guidance.
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Amazon
Amzn-User
Retrieves current web information for user actions such as Alexa queries.
User-requested fetch