search indexes
Bingbot
Operated by Microsoft · Search indexes
Microsoft crawler used for Bing Search indexing.
When Bingbot shows up in your logs
Bing is indexing your page for Search and Copilot.
Discovery crawlers that keep a search or answer index fresh.
Allow or block it in robots.txt
A robots.txt entry is a request. Well-behaved crawlers honor it; it is not an enforcement mechanism.
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