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Amazonbot

Indexes pages so Amazon (Alexa / Rufus) can find and cite them. Here is how to recognise it, verify it, and allow or block it.

Company
Amazon
Product
Amazon (Alexa / Rufus)
Why it visits
Indexing for AI / search answers
How to verify
Reverse DNS
User-agent contains
Amazonbot

How to tell a real Amazonbot from a fake

  1. The user-agent contains Amazonbot. On its own this proves nothing: fakes copy it.
  2. The address’s reverse DNS name ends in .amazonbot.amazon, and that name resolves back to the same address.

Check a Amazonbot visit

Allow or block Amazonbot in robots.txt

Block it everywhere:

User-agent: Amazonbot Disallow: /

Allow it everywhere:

User-agent: Amazonbot Allow: /

Fake bots ignore robots.txt: block them by address in your firewall instead.