What is Dola-SearchBot?
Dola-SearchBot is a web crawler operated by ByteDance that appears to collect web content for search features in its Dola AI assistant. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Dola-SearchBot visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14; Pixel 8 Pro) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/149.0.0.0 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Dola-SearchBot; dola-searchbot-feedback@bytedance.com) |
| Operated By | ByteDance |
| 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 Dola-SearchBot Visiting My Website?
Dola-SearchBot 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 Dola-SearchBot?
Usually not. Blocking Dola-SearchBot 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, 8% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Dola-SearchBot.
How Do I Block Dola-SearchBot Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Dola-SearchBot 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: Dola-SearchBot # https://knownagents.com/agents/dola-searchbot
Disallow: /Insights for Dola-SearchBot
As of November 5, 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.
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Dola-SearchBot?
Dola-SearchBot 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 Dola-SearchBot Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Dola-SearchBot 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 Dola-SearchBot respects it.
Is Dola-SearchBot Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. Dola-SearchBot is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking Dola-SearchBot Affect AI Search or Citations?
Yes. Blocking Dola-SearchBot 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 Dola-SearchBot Access Private Content?
No special access. Dola-SearchBot 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 Dola-SearchBot?
Agent Analytics tracks Dola-SearchBot visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Dola-SearchBot". Look for bursts that follow links across several pages and recur over time. Because Dola-SearchBot does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is Dola-SearchBot Different From Other ByteDance Agents?
ByteDance operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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