bingbot🎯What is Bingbot?
Bingbot is an AI search crawler operated by Microsoft. Powers AI-enhanced search features.
Search indexing. Content used for Bing results and Copilot grounding.
Disappear from Bing Search AND Microsoft Copilot answers. Major visibility loss.
Blocking Bingbot affects both traditional search and AI. Microsoft Copilot is integrated into Windows, Edge, Office.
🏢About Microsoft
Microsoft operates 1 known bot for AI-powered search. Their service reaches 500M+ Copilot users, 100M+ Bing users.
🛡️bingbot robots.txt Configuration
Control bingbot access to your website using robots.txt directives.
Block bingbot
To completely block Bingbot from crawling your site:
User-agent: bingbot
Disallow: /Allow bingbot Full Access
To explicitly allow Bingbot to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: bingbot
Allow: /Selective Access for bingbot
To allow Bingbot but restrict certain directories:
User-agent: bingbot
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Allow: /✓ Bingbot respects robots.txt directives.
bingbot User-Agent String
The user-agent token for Bingbot is:
bingbot🌐Who Blocks Bingbot?
Check Your Site's AI Policy
See if you're blocking or allowing Bingbot and other AI crawlers.