YouBot User-Agent & Blocking Rules
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What is YouBot?
YouBot is the crawler for You.com, an AI-powered search engine. It indexes the web to provide search results and AI summaries.
Test if YouBot can access your URL
Enter URL to test if YouBot is allowed or blocked.
Is YouBot Safe?
Yes, YouBot is considered safe.
This bot is verified and generally respected by the SEO community.
For more information about our safety badges, visit our documentation.
User-Agent String used by YouBot
YouBotHow to Block YouBot?
Add the following standard robots.txt rule to prevent YouBot from accessing your site.
User-agent: YouBot Disallow: /