01 · Operator
Who operates AddSearchBot
- Company
- AddSearch
- Type
- AI search crawler
- Official docs
- addsearch.com
02 · Behavior
What AddSearchBot does
It crawls and indexes website content for AddSearch's site search. AddSearch customers use it to power search on their own sites. AddSearch publishes the IP addresses it crawls from.
03 · Impact
Why AddSearchBot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Needed if your site uses AddSearch
- Published IP addresses
If you block it
- No benefit if you are not an AddSearch customer
04 · Allow
How to allow AddSearchBot
robots.txt
User-agent: AddSearchBot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "AddSearchBot")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: AddSearchBot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "AddSearchBot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AddSearchBot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block AddSearchBot
Start with robots.txt. If AddSearchBot keeps showing up in your logs, block it at your CDN or web server.
robots.txt
User-agent: AddSearchBot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "AddSearchBot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: AddSearchBot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "AddSearchBot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} AddSearchBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for AddSearchBot
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AddSearchBot/1.0; +http://www.addsearch.com/bot/)07 · Verification
Is it really AddSearchBot?
Anyone can copy a user agent. Real AddSearchBot requests come from the IP ranges published at addsearch.com/docs/indexing/whitelisting-addsearch-bot/.
FAQ
Questions about AddSearchBot
What is AddSearchBot?
It is the crawler that indexes websites for AddSearch's site search service.
How can I verify AddSearchBot?
Check the request IP against the list AddSearch publishes in its whitelisting documentation.
How do I block AddSearchBot?
Add "User-agent: AddSearchBot" with "Disallow: /" to robots.txt, or block its user agent at the server.
Last reviewed Oct 7, 2026