---
schema_version: "newruntime-reader-dossiers-v1"
type: "reader_dossier"
slug: "seznambot"
kind: "search"
operator: "Seznam.cz"
researched_at: "2026-10-23"
confidence: "high"
json_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/seznambot.json"
canonical_url: "https://newruntime.com/readers/seznambot/"
---

# SeznamBot

> Crawler that fetches content for the Seznam.cz (Czech) search engine; a companion FreshBot crawls fresh pages and RSS feeds, mostly news.

## Dossier

- Kind: Search engines
- Operator: Seznam.cz (https://www.seznam.cz/)
- Documentation: https://o-seznam.cz/napoveda/vyhledavani/en/seznambot-crawler/
- robots.txt tokens: SeznamBot
- Feeds: search index
- Respects robots.txt: Yes, per its documentation. 'SeznamBot fully complies with the robots exclusion standard'; supports Request-rate rather than Crawl-delay.
- Verification: Published IP ranges and reverse DNS (https://search.seznam.cz/ipranges/seznambot.json)
- Labels matched in our logs: seznambot

## Why it matters to New Runtime (our interpretation)

Minor regional search engine; mainly a legitimacy check when filtering crawler traffic.

## Observed behaviour

- Baseline 2026-10-24 (94-day window): 15 requests on 6 days; first seen 2026-10-17, last seen 2026-10-23; Regular.
- Live numbers: https://newruntime.com/bot-traffic-history.json and https://newruntime.com/crawler-journeys.json

## Sources

- https://o-seznam.cz/napoveda/vyhledavani/en/seznambot-crawler/
- https://o-seznam.cz/napoveda/vyhledavani/en/crawling-control/

Identity: A family name is what a client claims in its user agent. It is verified only when its request came from the operator's published IP ranges or passed forward-confirmed reverse DNS, as reported per family in /crawler-journeys.json. Anyone can claim any name.

All dossiers: https://newruntime.com/readers.md