Safe Official docs AI & LLM Bots

SB Intuitions Crawler

Operated by SB Intuitions

Quick Facts

User-Agent:
SBIntuitionsBot
Category:
AI & LLM Bots
Operator:
SB Intuitions
Safety:
Safe
Blocking Impact:
Low - No SEO ranking impact
SEO Impact Score:
2/10
Official docs:
www.sbintuitions.co.jp

Confirmed by the operator

SB Intuitions names SBIntuitionsBot on its own documentation page, linked above. The token, purpose and robots.txt behaviour on this profile come from that page, re-checked on September 22, 2026.

What is SB Intuitions Crawler?

SB Intuitions Crawler is an AI data-collection crawler operated by SB Intuitions. It gathers public web content to build or refine training datasets for large language models. Like other AI training crawlers, SB Intuitions Crawler does not influence your search-engine rankings, so you can block it via robots.txt without any SEO penalty if you wish to opt out of AI training.

SB Intuitions Crawler is an AI data-collection crawler operated by SB Intuitions. It gathers public web content to build or refine training datasets for large language models. Like other AI training crawlers, SB Intuitions Crawler does not influence your search-engine rankings, so you can block it via robots.txt without any SEO penalty if you wish to opt out of AI training.
SB Intuitions Crawler uses the user-agent token SBIntuitionsBot. 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 SB Intuitions Crawler?

✅ No SEO Impact - Blocking SB Intuitions Crawler does not affect your rankings in Google, Bing, or any other search engine. SB Intuitions Crawler 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 SB Intuitions Crawler actually visits you? Read how do I monitor AI bot traffic to my website?

How to block SB Intuitions Crawler with robots.txt

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

Block completely (robots.txt)
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot Disallow: /
Allow all (robots.txt)
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot Allow: /
Block private only (robots.txt)
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot Disallow: /private/ Disallow: /api/ Disallow: /admin/ Allow: /
Nginx server block
# Nginx: Hard-block SB Intuitions Crawler if ($http_user_agent ~* "SBIntuitionsBot") { return 403 "Bot blocked"; }
Apache .htaccess
# Apache: Hard-block SB Intuitions Crawler SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent "SBIntuitionsBot" 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 SB Intuitions Crawler safe to allow?

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

What does SB Intuitions Crawler do?

Understanding SB Intuitions Crawler's purpose helps you decide whether to allow or block it.

  • Collects public web content to train large language models
  • Builds and refreshes AI training datasets
  • Harvests text, code, and structured data for model improvement
  • Does NOT affect search-engine rankings
  • Can be blocked to opt out of AI training without SEO loss

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the official user-agent string for SB Intuitions Crawler?
The official user-agent string for SB Intuitions Crawler is: SBIntuitionsBot. 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 SB Intuitions Crawler by performing a reverse-DNS lookup on the source IP.
Is SB Intuitions Crawler safe?
Yes, SB Intuitions Crawler is a safe and legitimate crawler operated by SB Intuitions. It follows the Robots Exclusion Protocol (RFC 9309) and can be controlled with standard robots.txt rules.
Will blocking SB Intuitions Crawler hurt my SEO?
✅ No SEO Impact - Blocking SB Intuitions Crawler does not affect your rankings in Google, Bing, or any other search engine. SB Intuitions Crawler 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 SB Intuitions Crawler in robots.txt?
Add the following lines to your /robots.txt file:
User-agent: SBIntuitionsBot
Disallow: /

This instructs SB Intuitions Crawler not to crawl any path on your site. To block only specific sections, replace / with the path (e.g., Disallow: /blog/).
Does SB Intuitions Crawler respect robots.txt?
SB Intuitions Crawler is operated by SB Intuitions 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 SB Intuitions Crawler is crawling my site?
Search your web server access logs for the string SBIntuitionsBot (case-insensitive: grep -i "SBIntuitionsBot" /var/log/nginx/access.log). Filter by user-agent in your log analytics tool (GoAccess, AWStats, etc.).

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