SeznamBot (Seznam): what it is and how to allow or block it
Updated · checked against the operator's documentation on
SeznamBot is the crawler of Seznam's search engine. Verify it by Seznam's IP list or reverse DNS; it fully complies with robots.txt, so block or allow it by name. Its robots.txt token is SeznamBot.
Facts
- Operator
- Seznam
- Category
- Search engine crawler
- robots.txt token
SeznamBot
- Honors robots.txt?
- Yes, per Seznam. Seznam says SeznamBot fully complies with robots.txt and fully respects the non-standard Request-rate directive. Its page does not mention Crawl-delay.
- User-agent example
Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; SeznamBot/4.0; +https://o-seznam.cz/napoveda/vyhledavani/en/seznambot-crawler/)
- Official source
- Seznam: SeznamBot crawler
- Published IP ranges
- https://search.seznam.cz/ipranges/seznambot.json
- Compared with the source
What it is used for
Per Seznam, SeznamBot is a robot that retrieves content for its search engine.
A traditional search engine crawler. AI features of the same company often draw on its index.
What happens if you block it
Your pages can drop out of Seznam search. Per Seznam, a changed restriction is usually rechecked within several days, longer for rarely visited sites.
Is it really SeznamBot?
Anyone can send SeznamBot as a user agent, so a log line proves nothing by itself. The way to tell is the requesting IP address.
- Compare the IP address with the Seznam: published IP ranges. A request from outside those ranges is not the operator's crawler.
- Seznam says every SeznamBot address should have a reverse DNS name of the form fulltextrobot-…seznam.cz.
- Guide: robots.txt syntax: groups, wildcards and matching rules.
- Guide: robots.txt mistakes, and how to test your file.
- Guide: Fake Googlebots and PHP scanners: what hit our new server in 48 hours.
- Paste any user agent from your logs into the user-agent lookup, or follow the scripts in Fake Googlebots and PHP scanners.
How to allow or block SeznamBot
Add one of these groups to the robots.txt at the root of your domain. A group that names the bot overrides a general User-agent: * group.
User-agent: SeznamBot Allow: /
User-agent: SeznamBot Disallow: /
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What we see on this site
No request identifying as SeznamBot has been recorded since 19 Oct, so there is nothing to show yet. We never fill this in with estimates.
Counts come from this site's own server; they hold no IP addresses or URLs, and a user agent is only a claim. See the bot traffic data and the methodology.
Questions about SeznamBot
What is SeznamBot?
Seznam's crawler that retrieves content for the Seznam search engine. Per Seznam, SeznamBot is a robot that retrieves content for its search engine.
Is SeznamBot safe and legitimate?
The real SeznamBot is a search engine crawler run by Seznam. A user-agent string is only a claim, though, so anyone can send it. Compare the requesting IP address with the published IP ranges. Seznam says every SeznamBot address should have a reverse DNS name of the form fulltextrobot-…seznam.cz.
Does SeznamBot obey robots.txt?
Yes, per Seznam. Seznam says SeznamBot fully complies with robots.txt and fully respects the non-standard Request-rate directive. Its page does not mention Crawl-delay.
How do I block SeznamBot?
Add a group to the robots.txt at the root of your domain: User-agent: SeznamBot followed by Disallow: /. A group that names the bot overrides a general User-agent: * group.
Will blocking SeznamBot hurt my Google rankings or AI visibility?
For that search engine, yes: this is the crawler behind its index, and AI features of the same company often draw on that index. Your pages can drop out of Seznam search. Per Seznam, a changed restriction is usually rechecked within several days, longer for rarely visited sites.
Related bots
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- Googlebot GoogleGoogle's main crawler for Google Search, whose index Google's AI features in Search also draw on.
- Bingbot MicrosoftMicrosoft's crawler for the Bing search index.
- Applebot AppleApple's crawler for search in Spotlight, Siri and Safari.
- Googlebot-Image GoogleGoogle's crawler for the images that appear in Google Search and related surfaces.
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