Directory of Agents & Bots for AI Search Optimization

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Directory of Agents & Bots for AI Search Optimization

Browse public profiles for known AI agents, crawlers and search bots. Learn what they do, how they access content and which platforms they belong to.

What you can explore

  • AI Search Index bots used to discover and rank web content.
  • AI User Initiated agents that fetch content during live user sessions.
  • AI Training crawlers that collect public data for model development.
  • Traditional SEO and search-engine crawlers that still shape visibility.

AhrefsBot

Ahrefs crawler used for backlink and SEO analysis.

Platform:
Ahrefs
User agent:
ahrefsbot
Tags:
SEO

AhrefsSiteAudit

Ahrefs site auditing bot that checks technical SEO issues.

Platform:
Ahrefs
User agent:
ahrefssiteaudit
Tags:
SEO

AI2Bot

Allen Institute crawler for AI training datasets.

Platform:
AI2
User agent:
ai2bot
Tags:
AI Training

Amazon Kendra

Enterprise search indexing crawler for Amazon Kendra.

Platform:
Amazon
User agent:
amazon-kendra
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Amazon Q Business

Amazon Q assistant fetching content to answer user queries.

Platform:
Amazon
User agent:
amazon-qbusiness
Tags:
AI Training

Amazonbot

Amazon crawling agent used for AI training and discovery.

Platform:
Amazon
User agent:
amazonbot
Tags:
AI Training

Amazon Product Discovery

Crawler for product discovery and search indexing.

Platform:
Amazon
User agent:
amazonproductdiscoverybot
Tags:
E-commerce, Search Engine Crawler

APIs-Google

Google service discovery bot for API-related resources.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
apis-google
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Applebot

Apple web crawler for indexing and AI training.

Platform:
Apple
User agent:
applebot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler, AI Training

BaiduSpider

Baidu's primary crawler for web search indexing.

Platform:
Baidu
User agent:
baiduspider
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Barkrowler

Qwant's SEO crawler for site analysis and indexing.

Platform:
Qwant
User agent:
barkrowler
Tags:
SEO

Bingbot

Microsoft Bing web crawler for search indexing.

Platform:
Microsoft
User agent:
bingbot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Bytespider

ByteDance data collection bot used for AI training.

Platform:
ByteDance
User agent:
bytespider
Tags:
AI Training

Common Crawl

Open web crawl used widely in AI training datasets.

Platform:
Common Crawl
User agent:
ccbot
Tags:
AI Training

ChatGPT-User

OpenAI browsing agent fetching pages at user request.

Platform:
OpenAI
User agent:
chatgpt-user
Tags:
AI User Initiated

ClarityBot

Microsoft Clarity bot for SEO and verification checks.

Platform:
Microsoft
User agent:
claritybot
Tags:
SEO

Claude-SearchBot

Anthropic crawler that indexes content for Claude search.

Platform:
Anthropic
User agent:
claude-searchbot
Tags:
AI Search Index

Claude-User

User-initiated fetches triggered by Claude sessions.

Platform:
Anthropic
User agent:
claude-user
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Claude Code

Claude Code agent fetching pages during development or tooling tasks.

Platform:
Anthropic
User agent:
claude-code
Tags:
Coding, AI User Initiated

ClaudeBot

Anthropic crawler for collecting training data.

Platform:
Anthropic
User agent:
claudebot
Tags:
AI Training

DataForSeoBot

DataForSEO bot collecting ranking and SERP data.

Platform:
DataForSEO
User agent:
dataforseobot
Tags:
SEO

DotBot

Moz crawler for link analysis and SEO metrics.

Platform:
Moz
User agent:
dotbot
Tags:
SEO

DuckAssistBot

DuckDuckGo assistant fetching content for answers.

Platform:
DuckDuckGo
User agent:
duckassistbot
Tags:
AI User Initiated

DuckDuckBot

DuckDuckGo crawler for privacy-first web indexing.

Platform:
DuckDuckGo
User agent:
duckduckbot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Gemini Deep Research

Google agent assisting users with deep research tasks.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
gemini-deep-research
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Google-Agent

Google agent navigating the web on behalf of users (e.g. Project Mariner).

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-agent
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Google-CloudVertexBot

Vertex AI agent used to retrieve and index documents.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-cloudvertexbot
Tags:
AI User Initiated

Google-Extended

Opt-in crawler for Google AI model training.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-extended
Tags:
AI Training

Google Read Aloud

Accessibility agent that reads page content aloud.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-read-aloud
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Google Feedfetcher

Feed fetcher used by Google for RSS/Atom polling.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
feedfetcher-google
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Google Publisher Center

Crawler for Google Publisher Center submissions.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googleproducer
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Google Site Verifier

Verification bot for site ownership checks.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-site-verification
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Google NotebookLM

NotebookLM agent that fetches sources for notes.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-notebooklm
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI), SEO

Google StoreBot

Google Store bot for product content and search.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
storebot-google
Tags:
E-commerce, Search Engine Crawler

Googlebot

Primary Google crawler for search indexing.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googlebot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Googlebot Image

Google image crawler for indexing visual content.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googlebot-image
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Googlebot Video

Google video crawler for indexing video pages.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googlebot-video
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

GoogleOther

Internal Google crawler used for non-public systems.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googleother
Tags:

GoogleOther-Image

Internal Google image crawler.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googleother-image
Tags:

GoogleOther-Video

Internal Google video crawler.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
googleother-video
Tags:

Google Inspection Tool

Crawler used by Search Console URL Inspection.

Platform:
Google
User agent:
google-inspectiontool
Tags:
SEO

GPTBot

OpenAI crawler used to gather training data for GPT.

Platform:
OpenAI
User agent:
gptbot
Tags:
AI Training

Naverbot

Naver search crawler used in Korean search index.

Platform:
Naver
User agent:
yeti
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

OAI-SearchBot

OpenAI crawler indexing content for answer engines.

Platform:
OpenAI
User agent:
oai-searchbot
Tags:
AI Search Index

ShapBot

Parallel crawler that discovers and indexes websites for search APIs.

Platform:
Parallel
User agent:
shapbot
Tags:
AI Search Index

Perplexity-User

User-initiated fetches triggered from Perplexity sessions.

Platform:
Perplexity
User agent:
perplexity-user
Tags:
AI User Initiated

PerplexityBot

Perplexity crawler that indexes the public web.

Platform:
Perplexity
User agent:
perplexitybot
Tags:
AI Search Index

ScreamingFrogBot

Desktop SEO spider used for audits and site maps.

Platform:
Screaming Frog
User agent:
screaming frog seo spider
Tags:
SEO

SemrushSiteAudit

SEMrush crawler for site audits and technical checks.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
siteauditbot
Tags:
SEO

Semrush Backlink Audit

SEMrush backlink audit crawler for link profiles.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
semrushbot-ba
Tags:
SEO

Semrush SWA

SEMrush site-wide audit crawler.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
semrushbot-swa
Tags:
SEO

Semrush Split Signal

SEMrush SplitSignal experimentation crawler.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
splitsignalbot
Tags:
SEO

Semrush Content Toolkit

Content toolkit crawler for content optimization.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
semrushbot-ocob
Tags:
SEO

Semrush Rytebot

SEMrush Ryte integration crawler.

Platform:
SEMrush
User agent:
rytebot
Tags:
SEO

TikTokSpider

ByteDance crawler used internally and for social media.

Platform:
ByteDance
User agent:
twilio knowledge
Tags:
AI Training

Yahoo! Slurp

Yahoo legacy crawler for web indexing.

Platform:
Yahoo
User agent:
slurp
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Yandexbot

Yandex crawler for Russian search indexing.

Platform:
Yandex
User agent:
yandexbot
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

YisouSpider

Sogou search crawler.

Platform:
Sogou
User agent:
yisouspider
Tags:
Search Engine Crawler

Meta-ExternalFetcher

Meta agent fetching content triggered by users.

Platform:
Meta
User agent:
meta-externalfetcher
Tags:
User Initiated (Non-AI)

Meta-WebIndexer

Meta crawler that indexes public web pages.

Platform:
Meta
User agent:
meta-webindexer
Tags:
AI Search Index

Meta-ExternalAgent

Meta agent used for AI training data collection.

Platform:
Meta
User agent:
meta-externalagent
Tags:
AI Training

MistralAI-User

User-initiated fetches from Mistral sessions.

Platform:
Mistral AI
User agent:
mistralai-user
Tags:
AI User Initiated