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Webmaster.petalsearch

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PetalBot is the web crawler developed by Huawei's Petal Search engine, designed to index both PC and mobile websites. Its primary function is to gather content from the web to enhance search results and provide content recommendations in services like Huawei Assistant and AI Search. ( aspiegel.com ) You can identify PetalBot by its user-agent string, which varies slightly between PC and mobile versions: PC Version : Mozilla/5.0 (compatible;PetalBot;+https://webmaster.petalsearch.com/site/petalbot) Mobile Version : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0;) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; PetalBot;+https://webmaster.petalsearch.com/site/petalbot) These user-agent strings indicate that the requests are coming from PetalBot. ( aspiegel.com ) PetalBot adheres to the robots.txt protocol, allowing website owners to control its access. By configuring the robots.txt file, you can disallow PetalBot from crawling specific parts of your site. For example, to prevent PetalBot from accessing your entire site, you can add: Alternatively, to allow PetalBot to access only certain directories, you can specify: It's important to note that while PetalBot respects the robots.txt directives, changes may take some time to reflect in the search engine's index. If you notice persistent issues, you can contact Huawei support for assistance. ( aspiegel.com ) For more detailed information about PetalBot, including its user-agent strings and guidelines for managing its access, you can visit Huawei's official page: ( aspiegel.com ) Operated by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd..

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Assessment
Search Engine Crawler
Category
Bot
Kind
1
Data sources
AI-generated summary, drawn from Cloudflare, operator docs, and community data

What is Webmaster.petalsearch?

PetalBot is the proprietary web crawler operated by Huawei for its Petal Search engine. It systematically traverses the web to build a comprehensive index, ensuring that content is discoverable within Huawei's ecosystem, including mobile devices and the Huawei Assistant. By mimicking standard browser behavior, it collects data to provide relevant search results and personalized content recommendations to users globally, particularly in regions where Huawei maintains a significant market presence.

Helpful — It is a legitimate search engine crawler that respects robots.txt and provides value by indexing content for Huawei's search ecosystem.

Identification

Bot name
Webmaster.petalsearch
Operator
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Category
Search Engine Crawler
Verification
Community-sourced
User-agent string
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0;) AppleWebKit/537.36 (HTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; PetalBot;+https://webmaster.petalsearch.com/site/petalbot)
Main use cases
Web indexing for search enginesContent discovery for mobile assistantsData gathering for AI-powered search services
Rated Sep 23, 2026 from public evidence

How we rated this bot

Identifies itself honestly, and we found no credible reports of abuse.

Names itself honestly
Yes
Verified by Cloudflare
No
Says it follows robots.txt and opt-outs
Yes
Ignores site rules
None found
Disguises itself or evades blocks
None found
Overloads sites
None found
How widely people complain
No complaint about this bot in the evidence
Reddit discussion
There is no Reddit discussion of this bot in the evidence

What we read

Why it crawls your site

The primary purpose of PetalBot is to populate the Petal Search index, allowing the engine to return accurate and up-to-date results for user queries. It crawls websites to parse HTML content, follow links, and understand site structure, which helps in ranking pages based on relevance. Site owners can verify the bot's authenticity by checking the user-agent string against the official documentation at webmaster.petalsearch.com and can manage its behavior through standard robots.txt directives.

IP ranges

Requests from Webmaster.petalsearch originate from these published ranges. For strict verification, match the source IP against this list in addition to checking the user-agent and reverse-DNS.

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Block or allow Webmaster.petalsearch

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0;) AppleWebKit/537.36 (HTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; PetalBot;+https://webmaster.petalsearch.com/site/petalbot) 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 Webmaster.petalsearch from crawling your entire site
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0;) AppleWebKit/537.36 (HTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; PetalBot;+https://webmaster.petalsearch.com/site/petalbot)
Disallow: /

# Allow Webmaster.petalsearch full access
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0;) AppleWebKit/537.36 (HTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; PetalBot;+https://webmaster.petalsearch.com/site/petalbot)
Allow: /
Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0;) AppleWebKit/537.36 (HTML, like Gecko) Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; PetalBot;+https://webmaster.petalsearch.com/site/petalbot). Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.

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Last updated November 2, 2026

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