AI Bot Compatibility Matrix | Documentation

AI Bot Compatibility

GeoSwap automatically detects 65+ bots and crawlers — including search engines, AI crawlers, social media preview bots, and SEO tools — to ensure your geo-targeting never breaks SEO, AI visibility, or link previews.

How Bot Protection Works

When a request arrives, GeoSwap's edge worker inspects the user-agent header against 65+ known patterns. When a bot or crawler is detected, geo-targeting rules are bypassed so the bot always sees canonical, unmodified content. This preserves your search rankings, ensures AI systems index your pages accurately, and keeps link previews consistent on social media.

Geo Redirects

Bot sees the original page — no redirect happens. Content stays indexed at the canonical URL.

GeoLink

Bot is sent to the fallback URL instead of a geo-specific destination. Link previews resolve correctly.

Geo Content

Bot sees the default content variant — no dynamic swap. Ensures consistent indexing.

Analytics

Bot traffic is tracked separately with bot name and category. See exactly which bots visit your pages.

Bot	Operator	Category	GeoRedirect	Smart Link	Geo Content	Handling
Googlebot	Google	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
GoogleOther	Google	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
AdsBot-Google	Google	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Google-InspectionTool	Google	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Storebot-Google	Google	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Bingbot	Microsoft	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Applebot	Apple	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
YandexBot	Yandex	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Baiduspider	Baidu	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
DuckDuckBot	DuckDuckGo	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
NaverBot	Naver	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
PetalBot	Huawei	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
SeznamBot	Seznam	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Qwantbot	Qwant	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Mail.RU_Bot	Mail.ru	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Exabot	Exalead	Search Engine	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
GPTBot	OpenAI	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
ChatGPT-User	OpenAI	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
OAI-SearchBot	OpenAI	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
ClaudeBot	Anthropic	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Claude-User	Anthropic	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Claude-SearchBot	Anthropic	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
anthropic-ai	Anthropic	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
PerplexityBot	Perplexity	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Perplexity-User	Perplexity	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Google-Extended	Google (Gemini)	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Google-CloudVertexBot	Google Cloud	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Applebot-Extended	Apple (AI)	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Meta-ExternalAgent	Meta (AI)	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Cohere-ai	Cohere	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Bytespider	ByteDance/TikTok	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
CCBot	Common Crawl	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Amazonbot	Amazon	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Diffbot	Diffbot	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
DuckAssistBot	DuckDuckGo (AI)	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
DeepSeekBot	DeepSeek	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
YouBot	You.com	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Firecrawl	Firecrawl	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
AI2Bot	Allen Institute	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Timpibot	Timpi	AI Crawler	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
facebookexternalhit	Meta	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Facebot	Meta	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Twitterbot	X (Twitter)	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
LinkedInBot	LinkedIn	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Pinterest	Pinterest	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Slackbot	Slack	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Discordbot	Discord	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
TelegramBot	Telegram	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
WhatsApp	WhatsApp	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Embedly	Medium/Embedly	Social Media	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
AhrefsBot	Ahrefs	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
SemrushBot	Semrush	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
MJ12bot	Majestic	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
DotBot	Moz	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Screaming Frog	Screaming Frog	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
SISTRIX	Sistrix	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
rogerbot	Moz	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
UptimeRobot	UptimeRobot	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Pingdom	SolarWinds	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
DataForSeoBot	DataForSEO	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
BLEXBot	BLEXBot	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
ContentKing	ContentKing	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
GTmetrix	GTmetrix	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Slurp	Yahoo	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected
Sogou Spider	Sogou	SEO / Monitoring	Sees original page	Sent to fallback URL	Sees default content	Protected

User-Agent Patterns

GeoSwap matches these patterns against the incoming User-Agent header. Detection is case-insensitive and runs at the edge with zero latency impact. On Cloudflare Enterprise plans, GeoSwap also uses the cf-verified-bot signal for additional verification.

GooglebotGooglebot

GoogleOtherGoogleOther

AdsBot-GoogleAdsBot-Google

Google-InspectionToolGoogle-InspectionTool

Storebot-GoogleStorebot-Google

Bingbotbingbot

ApplebotApplebot

YandexBotYandexBot

BaiduspiderBaiduspider

DuckDuckBotDuckDuckBot

NaverBotYeti|NaverBot

PetalBotPetalBot

SeznamBotSeznamBot

QwantbotQwant

Mail.RU_BotMail.RU_Bot

ExabotExabot

GPTBotGPTBot

ChatGPT-UserChatGPT-User

OAI-SearchBotOAI-SearchBot

ClaudeBotClaudeBot

Claude-UserClaude-User

Claude-SearchBotClaude-SearchBot

anthropic-aianthropic-ai

PerplexityBotPerplexityBot

Perplexity-UserPerplexity-User

Google-ExtendedGoogle-Extended

Google-CloudVertexBotGoogle-CloudVertexBot

Applebot-ExtendedApplebot-Extended

Meta-ExternalAgentMeta-ExternalAgent

Cohere-aicohere-ai

BytespiderBytespider

CCBotCCBot

AmazonbotAmazonbot

DiffbotDiffbot

DuckAssistBotDuckAssistBot

DeepSeekBotDeepSeek

YouBotYouBot

FirecrawlFirecrawl

AI2BotAI2Bot

TimpibotTimpibot

facebookexternalhitfacebookexternalhit

FacebotFacebot

TwitterbotTwitterbot

LinkedInBotLinkedInBot

PinterestPinterest

SlackbotSlackbot

DiscordbotDiscordbot

TelegramBotTelegramBot

WhatsAppWhatsApp

EmbedlyEmbedly

AhrefsBotAhrefsBot

SemrushBotSemrushBot

MJ12botMJ12bot

DotBotDotBot

Screaming FrogScreaming Frog

SISTRIXSISTRIX

rogerbotrogerbot

UptimeRobotUptimeRobot

PingdomPingdom

DataForSeoBotDataForSeoBot

BLEXBotBLEXBot

ContentKingContentKing

GTmetrixGTmetrix

SlurpSlurp

Sogou SpiderSogou

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