# What is Amazonbot? AI crawler guide

Canonical URL: https://trakkr.ai/bots/amazonbot
Published: 2026-06-11
Last updated: 2026-07-21

Amazonbot by Amazon: Amazon crawler used to improve its products and services and potentially train Amazon AI models. Check its reported user-agent, robots.txt behavior, source, and verification guidance.

Amazon crawler used to improve its products and services and potentially train Amazon AI models.

## What is Amazonbot?

Amazonbot is a web crawler operated by Amazon. Amazon says it uses the bot to improve products and services and may use collected content to train Amazon AI models. It identifies itself with the Amazonbot token and honors the Robots Exclusion Protocol. Amazon now documents separate Amzn-SearchBot and Amzn-User agents for search indexing and live user requests, so an Amazonbot hit should not be treated as either of those signals.

## What it's for

For site owners, Amazonbot is a general product-improvement and potential AI training crawler. It is not the current bot Amazon documents for Alexa search eligibility or live answers. Allowing it permits this broader crawl path; blocking it expresses an opt-out for Amazonbot without automatically blocking Amzn-SearchBot or Amzn-User.

## How to handle Amazonbot

Use the Amazonbot token in robots.txt to allow or disallow paths. Amazon says its crawlers honor allow and disallow directives, may use a cached robots.txt file for up to 30 days, and can take about 24 hours to reflect a change. To verify a request, compare the source IP with Amazon's published Amazonbot ranges instead of trusting user-agent text alone.

## robots.txt rule

User-agent: Amazonbot
Disallow: /

## Blocking cost

Blocking Amazonbot limits Amazon's general product-improvement and potential model-training crawl. Manage Amzn-SearchBot and Amzn-User separately if search visibility or live Alexa answers matter to you.

## Examples

- Amazonbot crawls a recipe website, and the structured data may later help Alexa answer cooking-related questions more accurately.
- A news publisher allows Amazonbot, and its articles could contribute to improving search result relevance on Amazon's platforms.
- An e-commerce site blocks Amazonbot, so its product descriptions are not used to enhance Amazon's AI-driven shopping features.

## Related bots

- OAI-AdsBot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- GoogleOther: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Google-CloudVertexBot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- GoogleOther-Image: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- GoogleOther-Video: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Panscient: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Diffbot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- omgilibot: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Scrapy: Also tracked as a general crawler.
- Robots.txt: Robots.txt is the control file used to allow or block Amazonbot.
- Crawling: Amazonbot is a concrete crawler example for this concept.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### Does Amazonbot follow robots.txt rules?

Yes, Amazonbot honors the Robots Exclusion Protocol and will respect disallow directives set in a site's robots.txt file.

### What services does Amazonbot support?

Amazon says Amazonbot improves its products and services and may support AI model training. Amazon now documents Amzn-SearchBot for search and Amzn-User for live user requests.

### How can I identify Amazonbot in my server logs?

Check for the Amazonbot token, then compare the source IP with Amazon's published Amazonbot address ranges. User-agent text alone can be spoofed.

### Will blocking Amazonbot affect my site's presence on Amazon?

Blocking Amazonbot may limit the use of your content in improving Amazon's AI and search services, which could reduce how your site contributes to those systems.

### Is Amazonbot used for shopping or advertising purposes?

Amazon documents Amazonbot as a general product-improvement crawler that may support AI training. It documents separate agents for search and live user requests.

## Data And Sources

- [Amazon documentation](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot) - Primary source for Amazonbot crawler details.
- [Amazonbot verification: Published IP ranges](https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/ip-addresses/) - Verification information published for Amazonbot.
- [Amazonbot live crawler data](https://trakkr.ai/data/crawlers/amazonbot) - Trakkr crawler telemetry for this user agent.