ImagesiftBot

Hive's AI image search index.

Should you block it?

Almost never block

ImagesiftBot builds and refreshes the index behind Hive's AI answers. Blocking it is the most expensive mistake in AI SEO: you disappear from Hive citations while your training decision stays completely separate.

If you need to protect specific sections (pricing, docs), use path-scoped rules instead of a blanket Disallow: /.

How to allow it in robots.txt

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Allow: /

How to block it

User-agent: ImagesiftBot
Disallow: /

Source & verification

Community source Community-maintained list — last reviewed 2026-09-12

https://github.com/ai-robots-txt/ai.robots.txt

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"Should you block it?" below is our own interpretation, not the operator's recommendation.

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