AI crawler profile
What is Amazonbot? How to allow or block Amazon's crawler
Operator
Amazon
Purpose
Training + search
robots.txt
Respects robots.txt
Official docs
Amazonbot crawls the web to improve Amazon products such as Alexa's question answering, and its collected content can also feed Amazon's AI model development. Because it serves both search-style features and training, blocking it trades Alexa answer visibility against training opt-out.
Does Amazonbot respect robots.txt?
Amazon documents Amazonbot and states it respects robots.txt, including wildcard rules.
Block Amazonbot with robots.txt
User-agent: Amazonbot Disallow: /
Explicitly allow Amazonbot
User-agent: Amazonbot Allow: /
Should you block Amazonbot?
It's a genuine trade-off: Amazonbotserves both search-style features (which send you visibility) and model training (which you may want to opt out of). Since one user agent controls both, you can't split the decision — weigh which matters more using our blocking decision guide.
Check and monitor Amazonbot on your site
- AI Crawler Access Checker — see whether your current robots.txt allows or blocks Amazonbot.
- robots.txt Generator for AI Bots — build a robots.txt with per-bot rules for all 15 known AI crawlers.
- AI Bot Log Analyzer — paste server logs and count real Amazonbot hits, entirely in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
What is Amazonbot?
Amazonbot is Amazon's crawler serving both AI search features and model training. Crawls content for Amazon's search and AI products, including Alexa.
Does Amazonbot respect robots.txt?
Amazon documents Amazonbot and states it respects robots.txt, including wildcard rules.
How do I block Amazonbot?
Add "User-agent: Amazonbot" followed by "Disallow: /" to your robots.txt file. The change takes effect the next time the bot fetches your robots.txt.
Does blocking Amazonbot hurt my Google rankings?
No. Amazonbot is separate from Googlebot, which handles Google Search indexing. Blocking Amazonbot has no effect on your traditional search rankings, but it does remove your pages from the AI answers Amazon's assistant serves to its users.
How can I tell if Amazonbot is crawling my site?
Search your server access logs for the string "Amazonbot". Our free AI Bot Log Analyzer does this in your browser: paste a log file and it counts hits per AI crawler, including Amazonbot, with per-path breakdowns.
Part of our directory of every known AI crawler, refreshed monthly. Last verified: 2026-07-15.