# Bingbot

> Microsoft · search

_The AI Crawler Registry · /crawlers/bingbot · [JSON](/api/crawlers/bingbot) · [all The AI Crawler Registry](/crawlers)_

- **name:** Bingbot
- **operator:** Microsoft
- **purpose:** search
- **ua_substring:** bingbot
- **robots_token:** Bingbot
- **respects_robots:** yes
- **verify:** reverse DNS to search.msn.com + forward-confirm; Bing publishes a verification tool and IP list
- **notes:** Powers Bing and, by extension, Copilot search grounding.
- **canonical_name:** Bingbot
- **user_agent_token:** bingbot
- **ua_full:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **bot_type:** search-index
- **bot_type_extension:** —
- **opt_out_mechanism:** robots.txt disallow (User-agent: Bingbot)
- **published_ip_range_url:** https://www.bing.com/toolbox/bingbot.json
- **asn:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **reverse_dns_suffix:** .search.msn.com (source: https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/how-to-verify-bingbot-3905dc26)
- **supports_web_bot_auth:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **signature_agent_domain:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **jwks_url:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **verification_methods:** published-IP-range, reverse-DNS
- **crawl_traffic_share:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **targeted_content_type:** HTML, text
- **documentation_url:** https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/how-to-verify-bingbot-3905dc26
- **first_seen_date:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **last_verified_date:** 2026-06-15
- **block_vs_allow_recommendation:** allow — primary search-index crawler for Bing and Copilot grounding; blocking forfeits both classic search and AI-answer citation.
- **citation_referral_value:** high (powers Bing search and Copilot grounding; cites and refers)
- **cloudflare_verified_category:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **status:** active
- **triples:** ["Bingbot","operated_by","Microsoft"], ["Bingbot","has_bot_type","search-index"], ["Bingbot","verified_via","published-IP-range"], ["Bingbot","verified_via","reverse-DNS"]
- **attribute_sources:** {"claims":["published_ip_range_url"],"source":"https://www.bing.com/toolbox/bingbot.json","last_verified":"2026-06-15"}, {"claims":["reverse_dns_suffix","documentation_url"],"source":"https://www.bing.com/webmasters/help/how-to-verify-bingbot-3905dc26","last_verified":"2026-06-15"}