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Amzn-SearchBot

Amzn-SearchBot is the search index crawler run by Amazon: Amazon search eligibility, separate from Amazonbot. Its operator publishes the IP ranges it crawls from (https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/), so a request carrying the name can be checked against that list.

User-agent tokenAmzn-SearchBot
OperatorAmazon
What it doesAmazon search eligibility, separate from Amazonbot
Kindsearch index crawler
Can a request be verified?Yes — published ip feed
Verification sourcehttps://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/
In a CrawlCheck scanRead from robots.txt; a refusal is scored

Allow or block it in robots.txt

User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Allow: /

Add a group that names it: "User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot" followed by "Disallow: /". A crawler follows only the most specific group that names it, so once a group names Amzn-SearchBot, rules under "User-agent: *" no longer apply to it; repeat in that group any Disallow lines you still want.

What blocking it changes

Indirectly. It feeds Amazon search eligibility, separate from Amazonbot. A refusal removes pages from that index, and most AI answer surfaces still draw on search indexes.

Other agents from Amazon

See what Amzn-SearchBot and every other named agent receive from your own site: run a free scan. The full catalogue is on AI crawlers and as JSON at /ai-crawlers.json.

Questions about Amzn-SearchBot

QHow do I block Amzn-SearchBot in robots.txt?
Add a group that names it: "User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot" followed by "Disallow: /". A crawler follows only the most specific group that names it, so once a group names Amzn-SearchBot, rules under "User-agent: *" no longer apply to it; repeat in that group any Disallow lines you still want.
QHow can I tell if a request from Amzn-SearchBot is real?
Its operator publishes the IP ranges it crawls from (https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/searchbot-ip-addresses/), so a request carrying the name can be checked against that list.
QDoes blocking Amzn-SearchBot affect whether my site appears in AI answers?
Indirectly. It feeds Amazon search eligibility, separate from Amazonbot. A refusal removes pages from that index, and most AI answer surfaces still draw on search indexes.
QDoes CrawlCheck test my site as Amzn-SearchBot?
Not as a request. CrawlCheck reads the rules your robots.txt sets for Amzn-SearchBot and reports them. A refusal of it counts toward the grade, because it costs the site visibility.