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title: "What is Baiduspider? Baidu's Bot Explained | Kitbase"
description: "Baidu's crawler for its search index. How to identify and verify it, and what its traffic means for your site."
canonical: https://kitbase.dev/bot-directory/baiduspider
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# Baiduspider

by Baidu

Search engine UA + reverse DNS

Crawls pages for a traditional search index, which is what lets them rank.

Baidu's crawler for its search index.

## What it usually means

Baidu is crawling this page for its search index, which matters most for traffic from mainland China.

## How to identify it

User-Agent tokens

`baiduspider`

robots.txt stanza

`User-agent: Baiduspider`

Free tools

[Verify a Baiduspider request](/tools/bot-verifier?ua=baiduspider) [Check if your site allows Baiduspider](/tools/ai-crawler-access-checker)

## How it's verified

Reverse DNS suffixes

`.crawl.baidu.com``.crawl.baidu.jp`

[Baidu's page for Baiduspider](https://www.baidu.com/search/robots_english.html)

## Sources

-   [Baidu crawler docs](https://www.baidu.com/search/robots_english.html)

## More from Baidu

[

ERNIEBot

Baidu crawler collecting public content for its ERNIE models.

](/bot-directory/erniebot)[

YiyanBot

YiyanBot is an AI-related crawler operated by Baidu.

](/bot-directory/yiyanbot)

## Similar bots

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Amazonbot

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Amazon crawler used to improve Alexa answers and Amazon products.

](/bot-directory/amazonbot)[

Amzn-SearchBot

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Amazon crawler that makes content eligible for Amazon search experiences.

](/bot-directory/amzn-searchbot)[

Applebot

Apple

Apple crawler for Siri and Spotlight Suggestions, spanning search and training use.

](/bot-directory/applebot)[

Bingbot

Microsoft

Microsoft crawler for Bing Search indexing.

](/bot-directory/bingbot)

## See if Baiduspider has visited your site

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