Short answer
Amazonbot is Amazon's web crawler for improving products and services; Amazon says the data may also be used to train Amazon AI models.
AI crawler guide
Amazonbot: set robots.txt correctly
Amazonbot is Amazon's web crawler for improving products and services; Amazon says the data may also be used to train Amazon AI models.
Crawler facts
Facts about Amazonbot
User-agent token
Amazonbot
Operator
Amazon
KI-Console group
Training
Autonomous crawler: allow access, keep public content readable, and monitor logs.
robots.txt
Yes, documented
Documentation
Open source documentationWhat is Amazonbot?
Amazonbot should be separated from Amzn-SearchBot and Amzn-User. The Amazonbot token represents the broader Amazon crawler.
Purpose and SEO meaning
The KI-Console group is training. A visit may relate to product improvement, information quality, and possible Amazon AI use.
Visibility and privacy note
Blocking Amazonbot can reduce how systems from Amazon see, index, train on, or retrieve your public content. Allowing it improves technical access, but it never guarantees crawling, ranking, citation, or a positive AI answer.
Amazon documents support for the Robots Exclusion Protocol with user-agent, Allow, and Disallow rules. Crawl-delay is not supported in the Amazonbot documentation.
robots.txt for Amazonbot
Use the exact token Amazonbot in your robots.txt. Keep private paths blocked separately if only part of the site should be available.
Allow :bot
User-agent: Amazonbot
Allow: /Block :bot
User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /Straight answers
What skeptical website owners usually ask first
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What is Amazonbot?
Amazonbot is a crawler or robots.txt control token operated by Amazon. The facts above show its purpose, robots.txt behavior, and exact allow or block rules.
How do I block Amazonbot in robots.txt?
Use User-agent: Amazonbot and Disallow: /. robots.txt is a directive for compliant crawlers, not a technical access barrier.
Does blocking Amazonbot reduce AI visibility?
It can reduce visibility in systems from Amazon if those systems can no longer crawl, index, train on, or retrieve your content. The effect depends on the bot type and product.
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