Amazon
Amazonbot
Collects web content for Amazon products and services, potentially including AI training.
AI trainingAI search
Amzn-SearchBot
Crawls for Amazon search experiences, including Alexa, rather than generative-model training.
Operated by Amazon
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HTTP identifierAmzn-SearchBot
IdentityVerify beyond the name
THE SIGNAL
What this visit tells you
Search retrieval may support discovery, but the request does not prove an Alexa answer featured your business.
Public-page coverage
Retrieval failures
Referrals separately
Your next move
Make the search policy explicit when you want different treatment from general collection. Inspect important public-page response codes.
The technical details
MarkdownHow to identify it
Look for the Amzn-SearchBot 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
Supports robots.txt; absent a specific group, Amazon describes fallback to other search-bot rules.
Optional full-site opt-out. Merge with existing rules only if intended. robots.txt does not secure private content.
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
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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Amzn-User
Retrieves current web information for user actions such as Alexa queries.
User-requested fetch