Baidu · Search indexes
Baiduspider
Baidu's search crawler, which builds the Baidu index. Blocking it removes your pages from Baidu search and the other search results Baidu provides.
- robots.txt name
Baiduspider- User agent
Baiduspider- Category
- Search indexes: Crawl the web to build the index of a search engine or AI search.
- Follows robots.txt
- Yes
- Official documentation
- https://help.baidu.com/question?prod_id=99&class=0&id=3001
Checked against the official documentation on October 17, 2026.
Block or allow it in robots.txt
Add these lines to the robots.txt file at the root of your domain. To block it everywhere:
User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /To allow it everywhere except one folder:
User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow: /private/Is it really this bot?
Anyone can copy a user agent, and Baidu does not publish IP ranges for this bot. A reverse DNS lookup of the IP address may help; check the official documentation.
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