What is amazon-QBusiness?
amazon-QBusiness is an Amazon Q Business web crawler that fetches and indexes web content for Amazon Q Business applications. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | Amazon |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
amazon-QBusiness makes isolated, on-demand requests rather than crawling your site. Traffic follows user demand, ranging from sporadic fetches to steady visits for a popular assistant.
amazon-QBusiness's User Agent
| User Agent | amazon-QBusiness |
How To Block amazon-QBusiness With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block amazon-QBusiness from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI assistants at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: amazon-QBusiness # https://knownagents.com/agents/amazon-qbusiness
Disallow: /Global Statistics for amazon-QBusiness
As of August 11, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
1% of top websites block amazon-QBusiness in their robots.txt files.
Overall AI Assistant Traffic
0.7% of all web traffic came from AI assistants.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by amazon-QBusiness.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block amazon-QBusiness?
Usually not. Blocking amazon-QBusiness can keep your pages out of AI-generated answers and eliminate potential citation traffic. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 1% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for amazon-QBusiness.
Does amazon-QBusiness Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. amazon-QBusiness is expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether amazon-QBusiness respects it.
Does amazon-QBusiness Access Private Content?
Not ordinarily. amazon-QBusiness fetches pages as an anonymous visitor without a stored login. Content protected by a paywall or login remains out of reach.
Why Is amazon-QBusiness Visiting My Website?
A user asked Amazon's assistant a question your page could help answer. amazon-QBusiness retrieved the page to support its response, often with a citation linking back to your site.
How Can I Tell if amazon-QBusiness Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks amazon-QBusiness visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "amazon-QBusiness". Look for a single-page request with no follow-up navigation. Because amazon-QBusiness does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.