Bot intelligence record

Amazonbot

Review first

Use the Amazonbot identifier to separate Amazon search indexing or content discovery traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Search Indexing Official Documented Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: Yes
Operator
Amazon
Family
Amazon
Type
Search
Source type
Official
Last checked
2026-05-20

User-Agent Pattern

Amazon
Amazonbot
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: Amazonbot Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

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Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Amazon
Family
Amazon
Type
Search
Purpose
Indexing
Identity type
Official Documented
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-04-01
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Official
Verification
Verify the user-agent together with Amazon's published IP ranges for Amazonbot.
IP ranges
https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot/ip-addresses/
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.

Notes

Amazonbot is listed in the Botcrawl directory as a search crawler from Amazon. The primary identifier for log review is Amazonbot.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: Amazonbot
  • Family: Amazon
  • Type: Search
  • Kind: Crawler

Common use

Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.

Verification and handling

Verify the user-agent together with Amazon's published IP ranges for Amazonbot.

Directory guidance marks the risk level as Neutral and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.

Robots.txt handling: Yes.

Evidence and Source

  • Verify the user-agent together with Amazon's published IP ranges for Amazonbot.
  • Match `Amazonbot` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Review bot_aliases for alternate names or product labels. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
  • Search indexing, content discovery, rendering, or search-result freshness checks.
  • User-agent strings can be spoofed. For allow-listing or low-friction rules, pair the published identifier with operator documentation or cryptographic verification when available.

https://developer.amazon.com/amazonbot

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Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Official Documented

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Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Verified Bot
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Operator and family: Amazon Type: Search Purpose: Indexing
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented

Similar purpose: Indexing

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Verified robots.txt: No Block: Depends Verified Bot
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Operator and family: Yandex Type: Search Purpose: Indexing
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented

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