search indexes

meta-webindexer

Operated by Meta · Search indexes

Meta crawler used to improve Meta AI search result quality.

When meta-webindexer shows up in your logs

Meta is indexing your page to improve Meta AI's search results.

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.

allow
User-agent: meta-webindexer
Disallow:
block
User-agent: meta-webindexer
Disallow: /

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