Safe Reported AI & LLM Bots

Amazon Q Business

Operated by Amazon

Quick Facts

User-Agent:
amazon-QBusiness
Category:
AI & LLM Bots
Operator:
Amazon
Safety:
Safe
Blocking Impact:
Low - No SEO ranking impact
SEO Impact Score:
2/10
Official docs:
None published by Amazon
Named by:
ai.robots.txt

Reported, not operator documented

Amazon has not published a crawler page that names amazon-QBusiness. It is listed here because a credible public source does: ai.robots.txt. Amazon Q Business web connector token, reported in registries.

What that means for you: the robots.txt rule on this page is the best available spelling, and a well-behaved crawler using this string will honour it, but there is no vendor statement of purpose, crawl rate or robots.txt compliance to rely on. Treat a matching request in your logs as a detection clue, not proof of who sent it, and combine the rule with a firewall rule if the traffic matters to you. If the operator publishes documentation, this profile moves to Official docs.

What is Amazon Q Business?

Amazon Q Business is an AI search-index crawler operated by Amazon. It collects and indexes web content so it can be surfaced as citations or answers inside Amazon's AI search experience. Allowing Amazon Q Business can increase your visibility in AI-powered search results, which is why most sites choose to permit it.

Amazon Q Business is an AI search-index crawler operated by Amazon. It collects and indexes web content so it can be surfaced as citations or answers inside Amazon's AI search experience. Allowing Amazon Q Business can increase your visibility in AI-powered search results, which is why most sites choose to permit it.
Amazon Q Business uses the user-agent token amazon-QBusiness. You can control it via robots.txt, meta tags (noai), or the emerging llms.txt standard. Robots.txt is voluntary; for hard enforcement, combine it with server-level IP blocking.

What happens if you block Amazon Q Business?

✅ No SEO Impact - Blocking Amazon Q Business does not affect your rankings in Google, Bing, or any other search engine. Amazon Q Business is an AI crawler, not a traditional search indexer. You can freely block it via User-agent / Disallow: / without any SEO penalty.
Generally safe to allow; provides legitimate crawling value.

Want to see whether Amazon Q Business actually visits you? Read how do I monitor AI bot traffic to my website?

How to block Amazon Q Business with robots.txt

<code>User-agent: amazon-QBusiness</code> - Matching is case-insensitive. Robots.txt is fetched from the root of each subdomain separately.

Block completely (robots.txt)
User-agent: amazon-QBusiness Disallow: /
Allow all (robots.txt)
User-agent: amazon-QBusiness Allow: /
Block private only (robots.txt)
User-agent: amazon-QBusiness Disallow: /private/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /admin/ Allow: /
Nginx server block
# Nginx: Hard-block Amazon Q Business if ($http_user_agent ~* "amazon-QBusiness") { return 403 "Bot blocked"; }
Apache .htaccess
# Apache: Hard-block Amazon Q Business SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "amazon-QBusiness" bad_bot Order Allow,Deny Allow from all Deny from env=bad_bot
Meta robots tag
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, nofollow">
X-Robots-Tag header
X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow

Is Amazon Q Business safe to allow?

Yes, Amazon Q Business is a safe and legitimate crawler operated by Amazon. It follows the Robots Exclusion Protocol (RFC 9309) and can be controlled with standard robots.txt rules.
Verify by reverse-DNS lookup: legitimate Amazon Q Business requests resolve to Amazon's domain.

What does Amazon Q Business do?

Understanding Amazon Q Business's purpose helps you decide whether to allow or block it.

  • Indexes web pages for AI-powered search answers
  • Surfaces your content as citations inside AI search results
  • Builds a knowledge index used to answer user questions
  • Allowing it can increase visibility in AI search
  • Respects robots.txt directives

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the official user-agent string for Amazon Q Business?
The official user-agent string for Amazon Q Business is: amazon-QBusiness. Use this exact string in robots.txt, Nginx, Apache, or Cloudflare firewall rules to target this bot. Matching in robots.txt is case-insensitive. Verify a request genuinely comes from Amazon Q Business by performing a reverse-DNS lookup on the source IP.
Is Amazon Q Business safe?
Yes, Amazon Q Business is a safe and legitimate crawler operated by Amazon. It follows the Robots Exclusion Protocol (RFC 9309) and can be controlled with standard robots.txt rules.
Will blocking Amazon Q Business hurt my SEO?
✅ No SEO Impact - Blocking Amazon Q Business does not affect your rankings in Google, Bing, or any other search engine. Amazon Q Business is an AI crawler, not a traditional search indexer. You can freely block it via User-agent / Disallow: / without any SEO penalty.
How do I block Amazon Q Business in robots.txt?
Add the following lines to your /robots.txt file:
User-agent: amazon-QBusiness
Disallow: /

This instructs Amazon Q Business not to crawl any path on your site. To block only specific sections, replace / with the path (e.g., Disallow: /blog/).
Does Amazon Q Business respect robots.txt?
Amazon Q Business is operated by Amazon and is expected to fetch and parse /robots.txt before crawling, following RFC 9309. For hard enforcement, combine robots.txt with server-level IP or user-agent blocking.
How do I verify if Amazon Q Business is crawling my site?
Search your web server access logs for the string amazon-QBusiness (case-insensitive: grep -i "amazon-QBusiness" /var/log/nginx/access.log). Filter by user-agent in your log analytics tool (GoAccess, AWStats, etc.).

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