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OAI-AdsBot
Checks that a landing page submitted as a ChatGPT ad is safe.
Ignores robots.txt- User agent token
- OAI-AdsBot
- Operator
- OpenAI
- Verification
- Published IP list
- Source
- OpenAI documentation
What a bot for ads, link previews or SEO tools does
These bots work for a specific product: checking an ad's landing page, drawing the preview when a link is shared, or collecting data for an SEO tool. Some only visit because the site owner asked them to.
It only visits pages that were submitted as ads.
Block or allow OAI-AdsBot in robots.txt
Add one of these to the robots.txt file at the root of your domain. Crawlers read it before they fetch anything else.
Block OAI-AdsBot
User-agent: OAI-AdsBot
Disallow: /Allow OAI-AdsBot
User-agent: OAI-AdsBot
Allow: /More from OpenAI
Questions, answered.
OAI-AdsBot is a bot for ads, link previews or SEO tools run by OpenAI. Checks that a landing page submitted as a ChatGPT ad is safe.
No. OpenAI says robots.txt does not apply to OAI-AdsBot. It only visits pages that were submitted as ads.
Add "User-agent: OAI-AdsBot" and "Disallow: /" to your robots.txt. Since robots.txt may not stop it, block it at your firewall or server too.
Check the request's IP address against the list OpenAI publishes. A user agent alone proves nothing, since any script can copy it.
No. OAI-AdsBot works for one product, such as ad checks, link previews or SEO data, rather than bringing visitors.
Only if you don't use the product it works for. Blocking OAI-AdsBot is safe for your search rankings.
In its own documentation at https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots. Every fact on this page comes from there.
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