OAI-SearchBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTOAI-SearchBot is used to link to and surface websites in search results in the SearchGPT prototype Operated by OpenAI.
What is OAI-SearchBot?
OAI-SearchBot is a web crawler operated by OpenAI. OAI-SearchBot is used to link to and surface websites in search results in the SearchGPT prototype
Identification
OAI-SearchBotWhy it crawls your site
OAI-SearchBot crawls websites to index and analyze web content for AI-powered search results. It is operated by OpenAI as part of their AI-powered search infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow OAI-SearchBot
Add a Disallow rule for OAI-SearchBot 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-SearchBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Disallow: / # Allow OAI-SearchBot full access User-agent: OAI-SearchBot Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows OAI-SearchBot. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to OpenAI's documentation.
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