What is AddSearchBot?
AddSearchBot is a web crawler that indexes website content for AddSearch's AI-powered site search solution, collecting data to provide fast and accurate search results. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when AddSearchBot visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; AddSearchBot/1.0; +http://www.addsearch.com/bot/) |
| Operated By | AddSearch |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Automated crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Yes |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is AddSearchBot Visiting My Website?
AddSearchBot is updating an AI search index so your pages can appear in its results. It may have discovered your site through links, a sitemap, or mentions of your domain.
Should I Block AddSearchBot?
Usually not. Blocking AddSearchBot keeps your pages out of its AI search results and can eliminate referral traffic from that channel. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 9% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for AddSearchBot.
How Do I Block AddSearchBot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block AddSearchBot from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI search crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: AddSearchBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/addsearchbot
Disallow: /Insights for AddSearchBot
As of October 30, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Compliance
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From AddSearchBot?
AddSearchBot revisits your site on a flexible schedule, often requesting several pages in a burst. Activity usually increases when your content changes or its index refreshes, with quiet intervals between crawl passes.
Does AddSearchBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
AddSearchBot is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether AddSearchBot respects it.
Is AddSearchBot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. AddSearchBot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking AddSearchBot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Yes. Blocking AddSearchBot can keep your pages out of the AI search index it supplies, reducing their eligibility to appear or be cited in that product's answers.
Does AddSearchBot Access Private Content?
No special access. AddSearchBot can reach only content available to anonymous visitors. Make sure staging sites and other sensitive areas require authentication.
How Can I Verify a Request From AddSearchBot?
Agent Analytics tracks AddSearchBot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "AddSearchBot". Look for bursts that follow links across several pages and recur over time. Because AddSearchBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.