SBIntuitions-SearchBot user agent
Operated by SB Intuitions
SBIntuitions-SearchBot is the fetcher SB Intuitions uses to browse websites when a user asks its Sarashina service a question.
The SBIntuitions-SearchBot bot at a glance
- SBIntuitions-SearchBot is operated by SB Intuitions and fetches a page when a person asks an AI assistant about it or shares its link.
- The robots.txt token for SBIntuitions-SearchBot is SBIntuitions-SearchBot.
- Blocking an AI assistant fetcher has no effect on search rankings.
- SBIntuitions-SearchBot robots.txt support: Yes.
- Recommendation for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): Allow.
What is SBIntuitions-SearchBot?
SBIntuitions-SearchBot reads relevant pages on behalf of the user; SB Intuitions says it may include links to the pages in its answer.
SB Intuitions documents it alongside SBIntuitionsBot.
Should you block SBIntuitions-SearchBot?
Allow SBIntuitions-SearchBot unless it causes a measurable load problem.
| Effect on search rankings | Blocking an AI assistant fetcher has no effect on search rankings. |
|---|---|
| Effect on AI visibility | Blocking stops the assistant from reading your page when a user asks about it or pastes your link, so its answer falls back to other sources. |
| Follows robots.txt | Yes |
| Recommendation | Allow |
How to block or allow SBIntuitions-SearchBot
Put the robots.txt rule in the file at the root of every domain and subdomain, for example https://example.com/robots.txt. The token SBIntuitions-SearchBot is matched case-insensitively.
robots.txt: block
# Block SBIntuitions-SearchBot
User-agent: SBIntuitions-SearchBot
Disallow: /robots.txt: allow
# Allow SBIntuitions-SearchBot
User-agent: SBIntuitions-SearchBot
Allow: /robots.txt: partial
# Keep SBIntuitions-SearchBot out of private areas only
User-agent: SBIntuitions-SearchBot
Disallow: /wp-admin/
Disallow: /cart/
Disallow: /checkout/
Disallow: /my-account/
Allow: /Nginx
# Nginx: return 403 to SBIntuitions-SearchBot
if ($http_user_agent ~* "(SBIntuitions\-SearchBot)") {
return 403;
}Apache
# Apache .htaccess: return 403 to SBIntuitions-SearchBot
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} (SBIntuitions\-SearchBot) [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]Cloudflare WAF
# Cloudflare > Security > WAF > Custom rule, action: Block
(http.user_agent contains "SBIntuitions-SearchBot")How to verify real SBIntuitions-SearchBot traffic
SB Intuitions publishes no IP list or reverse DNS pattern for SBIntuitions-SearchBot, so the user agent cannot be verified. Anyone can send the same string. Rate-limit unusual volume instead of trusting the name.
How to find SBIntuitions-SearchBot in your server logs
Search the web server access log for the token. The command below counts SBIntuitions-SearchBot requests per URL on Nginx or Apache.
grep -i "SBIntuitions-SearchBot" access.log | awk '{print $7}' | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn | head -20For a full report per AI bot, upload the log to the AI Log File Analyzer, a free tool by Justin Hà.
SBIntuitions-SearchBot FAQ
SBIntuitions-SearchBot uses the robots.txt token "SBIntuitions-SearchBot". SB Intuitions does not publish a full user-agent string, so match the token inside the User-Agent header.
Yes. SB Intuitions states that SBIntuitions-SearchBot follows robots.txt rules written for the "SBIntuitions-SearchBot" token.
Blocking an AI assistant fetcher has no effect on search rankings. Blocking stops the assistant from reading your page when a user asks about it or pastes your link, so its answer falls back to other sources.
Add two lines to the robots.txt file at the root of each domain and subdomain: "User-agent: SBIntuitions-SearchBot" followed by "Disallow: /". The token is case-insensitive. Changes can take up to 24 hours to be picked up.
Not reliably. SB Intuitions publishes no IP list or reverse DNS pattern for SBIntuitions-SearchBot, so anyone can send the same user agent. Rate-limit unusual volume instead of trusting the name.
Search your server access log for "SBIntuitions-SearchBot", for example with: grep -i "SBIntuitions-SearchBot" access.log. The AI Log File Analyzer by Justin Hà counts visits per AI bot from an uploaded log file.
Sources: SB Intuitions crawler documentation. Last reviewed by Justin Hà.
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