OAI-AdsBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTOAI-AdsBot is used to validate the safety of web pages submitted as ads on ChatGPT. Operated by OpenAI.
What is OAI-AdsBot?
OAI-AdsBot is a web crawler operated by OpenAI. OAI-AdsBot is used to validate the safety of web pages submitted as ads on ChatGPT.
Identification
OAI-AdsBotWhy it crawls your site
OAI-AdsBot crawls websites to collect data for advertising and marketing purposes. It is operated by OpenAI as part of their advertising infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow OAI-AdsBot
Add a Disallow rule for OAI-AdsBot in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block OAI-AdsBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: OAI-AdsBot Disallow: / # Allow OAI-AdsBot full access User-agent: OAI-AdsBot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows OAI-AdsBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to OpenAI's documentation.
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