Bingbot is Microsoft Bing’s web crawler, responsible for discovering and indexing content for Bing’s search engine, and notably also powering the data behind Microsoft Copilot and, through licensing arrangements, other AI search products.
While Google remains the dominant search engine for most businesses, Bingbot crawl behavior and Bing search visibility still matter, particularly given Bing’s role in powering AI assistants that many users now rely on for search-like queries.
Ensuring a site’s robots.txt and technical configuration don’t inadvertently block Bingbot, alongside Googlebot, helps maintain visibility across the full range of search and AI-powered discovery channels.
We verify multi-engine crawler access within our Technical SEO service.