Amazon
Amzn-SearchBot
What it is
Amzn-SearchBot discovers pages for Amazon search and AI retrieval experiences. Aiola classifies it as indexing because it supports a searchable retrieval index.
In Aiola's taxonomy, Indexing means crawled for ai or search indexing.
User agent
Look for the match token inside the complete HTTP User-Agent header. Tokens can be spoofed, so use the network checks below for authentication.
Amzn-SearchBotAmzn-SearchBotOfficial IP ranges
Amazon has not published official IP ranges that Aiola successfully fetched for Amzn-SearchBot. Aiola does not list cloud-provider ranges or community guesses as if they authenticated this crawler.
Verify authenticity
Start with the source IP recorded by your trusted edge or server, not an untrusted forwarded header.
host REQUEST_IP
# Confirm the hostname ends in an official suffix
host RETURNED_HOSTNAME
# The forward lookup must return REQUEST_IPFor production checks, test against every current prefix in the vendor feed. Re-fetch feeds regularly: a July 2026 snapshot is evidence of publication, not a permanent firewall list.
Control it with robots.txt
Amazon documents crawler controls for this bot family. Robots.txt can direct cooperative crawling, but it cannot prove that a request is authentic.
User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Allow: /User-agent: Amzn-SearchBot
Disallow: /Track it
Aiola tracks this crawler on your site — crawls, pages, trends. See when Amzn-SearchBot arrives, which URLs it requests, and how activity changes over time.
Explore Aiola AnalyticsFAQ
What is Amzn-SearchBot?
Amzn-SearchBot discovers pages for Amazon search and AI retrieval experiences. Aiola classifies it as indexing because it supports a searchable retrieval index.
What user-agent token identifies Amzn-SearchBot?
Match the case-insensitive token “Amzn-SearchBot” in the User-Agent header. A matching header alone does not authenticate the sender.
Can I verify Amzn-SearchBot by IP address?
No official Amzn-SearchBot CIDR snapshot was successfully fetched for this verification date. Do not treat an arbitrary cloud IP as proof of identity.
Can robots.txt block Amzn-SearchBot?
Amazon documents crawler controls for this bot family. Robots.txt can direct cooperative crawling, but it cannot prove that a request is authentic. Use the specific “Amzn-SearchBot” group when you want a rule for this identity without changing rules for every crawler.