GEO-IQ Bot
GEO-IQ Bot is the crawler for ID8S GEO IQ, the AI Search Visibility Platform. When someone scans a page, it fetches that one URL to measure how well AI answer engines and search engines can find, understand, and cite the content, then returns prioritized recommendations.
How to identify it
Every request sends this User-Agent:
GEO-IQ Bot/1.0 (+https://geo.id8s.ai/bot)
The link in the User-Agent points here. GEO-IQ Bot requests pages over HTTPS and identifies itself honestly on every request. It does not attempt to disguise itself as a browser or evade bot protection.
What it does, and does not do
- Fetches the specific page a customer submits, plus that site's
robots.txt,llms.txt, andsitemap.xmlto assess crawlability. - Reads publicly available page content only. It never submits forms, signs in, or accesses gated or private areas.
- Is on-demand, not a bulk site-wide spider. It requests pages when a customer runs a scan, not on a continuous crawl of your whole site.
- Never collects personal data from your pages.
Why allow it
If your site blocks GEO-IQ Bot, customers who want to measure and improve how your pages appear in AI answers cannot scan them, and cannot track results over time. Allowing the bot lets them assess your content and see the specific fixes that help AI engines find, understand, trust, and cite it.
How to allow it
1. robots.txt. If you restrict crawlers, add an allowance for our User-Agent token:
User-agent: GEO-IQ BotAllow: /
2. Bot management / WAF. Many sites are protected by a CDN or bot-management service (such as Cloudflare, Akamai, or Imperva) that can block automated requests before they reach your server, regardless of robots.txt. If GEO-IQ Bot is being blocked or challenged there, ask your web or security team to add an allow rule for the GEO-IQ Bot/1.0 User-Agent in that service's settings.
Questions
If you are a site owner and have questions about GEO-IQ Bot, or want to confirm a request came from us, email [email protected].