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Notabot

Crawler to integrate Helpfeel external search engine.
HelpfeelNotabot
Search Engine Crawler

What is Notabot?

Notabot is Helpfeel's crawler for integrating an external search engine. It retrieves website pages so Helpfeel's search integration can work with that content. The name sounds generic, but the catalog assigns it specifically to Helpfeel.

Its effect is narrower than general web search. The record also gives Notabot no generative AI or model-training role, so allowing it should not be described as a way to enter public AI answers.

The recorded user agent is only Notabot. There is no version or browser wrapper, and the value omits a product URL. It works for basic traffic grouping but not source verification because any HTTP client can send the same text.

A fetch shows that the Helpfeel workflow reached the page, not that the page became searchable. Helpfeel's Notabot has no confirmed robots.txt behavior in this metadata, and Cloudflare reports that it does not comply. The record contains no verified IP identity or signature directory, so required restrictions need independent enforcement.

Relevant for AI search

Is Notabot relevant for AI search?

Yes. Notabot collects pages for an AI product, so what it can crawl influences how AI systems describe your brand.

Notabot feeds a search index that also powers that engine's AI answer features and overviews. One crawl can serve a classic results page and a generated summary, so blocking it costs you both the rankings you would expect and a growing share of AI answers built on the same index.

How to handle Notabot

If a website intentionally uses Helpfeel's external search integration, leave the public source pages available and exclude sections that should not enter that workflow. A full opt-out is:

User-agent: Notabot
Disallow: /

Compliance is not confirmed, and Cloudflare's bot directory marks it as false. Verify later traffic and enforce a block at the edge when required. Private source material still needs authentication because the Notabot header is not a trusted identity.

Examples

  • A website connected to Helpfeel lets Notabot read its public search source while keeping an internal handbook behind login.
  • An administrator who does not recognize a Notabot request checks whether a Helpfeel integration exists before deciding how to classify or block it.

Frequently asked questions about Notabot

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Helpfeel operates Notabot for its external search-engine integration.

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