01 · Operator
Who operates Amzn-SearchBot
- Company
- Amazon
- Official docs
- developer.amazon.com
02 · Behavior
What Amzn-SearchBot does
Amzn-SearchBot crawls pages so they can appear in Amazon search experiences such as Alexa. It respects the Robots Exclusion Protocol. If robots.txt does not name it but allows other search bots, it follows the rules for those bots.
03 · Impact
Why Amzn-SearchBot matters for your site
If you allow it
- Makes your content eligible for Amazon search experiences such as Alexa
- Amazon says it is not used for AI model training
- Respects robots.txt
If you block it
- Little value if your audience does not use Amazon services
- Adds crawl load
04 · Allow
How to allow Amzn-SearchBot
robots.txt
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Allow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Amzn-SearchBot")
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: Amzn-SearchBot
Allow: /nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "Amzn\-SearchBot") { return 403; }Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Amzn\-SearchBot [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]05 · Block
How to block Amzn-SearchBot
Amzn-SearchBot follows robots.txt, so one rule is enough. Use a server or CDN rule only to stop spoofed copies.
robots.txt
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "Amzn-SearchBot")
Action: BlockWordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "Amzn\-SearchBot") {
return 403;
}Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Amzn\-SearchBot [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>06 · User agents
User agents we see for Amzn-SearchBot
The user agent published by the operator:
Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Amzn-SearchBot/0.1) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Safari/537.3607 · Verification
Is it really Amzn-SearchBot?
Anyone can copy a user agent. Real Amzn-SearchBot requests come from the IP ranges published at developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/.
FAQ
Questions about Amzn-SearchBot
What is Amzn-SearchBot?
It is Amazon's crawler for search experiences in Amazon products and services, such as Alexa.
Is Amzn-SearchBot used to train AI?
No. Amazon states that Amzn-SearchBot does not crawl content for generative AI model training. Amazonbot may be used for that.
How do I verify Amzn-SearchBot?
Compare the source IP with Amazon's published list at developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026