search indexes
OAI-SearchBot
Operated by OpenAI · Search indexes
OpenAI crawler used to surface sites in ChatGPT search results.
When OAI-SearchBot shows up in your logs
OpenAI is discovering or refreshing your page so it can appear in ChatGPT search.
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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