AI search · Claude
Get your business recommended by Claude.
Claude searches the web before it recommends a business, and its searches don't run on Google. Here is where its answers come from and what you can do about it.
Where answers come from
What Claude reads before it names a business.
From Anthropic's own documentation wherever it exists. Sources at the bottom of the page.
The web
Anthropic lists Brave Search as the provider behind Claude's web search in its public list of subprocessors. Brave runs its own index, built separately from Google's and Bing's.
Local businesses
Claude's iPhone app can show places on a map and open them in Apple Maps. Anthropic doesn't say where that place data comes from, so there's no Claude-specific listing to claim.
Your website
Claude-SearchBot indexes pages for Claude's search results, Claude-User fetches a page when someone asks Claude to, and ClaudeBot collects training data. Anthropic says all three respect robots.txt.
What to do
How to get recommended by Claude.
You can do every step yourself. Or we do them for you, on all six assistants, every month.
01
Allow Claude-SearchBot and Claude-User
Those two decide whether Claude can read your pages when it answers. ClaudeBot is training only; blocking it is your call.
02
Make sure Brave can find you
Search for your business and your key services on search.brave.com. If pages are missing there, Claude's searches are working without them.
03
Write the facts down on your site
What you do, where, for whom, at what price. Claude summarizes pages; it can't summarize what isn't written.
04
Keep your listings consistent
Claude reads the same review sites and directories everyone else does. Name, address, phone and services should match everywhere.
We do all of this for you, on six AI assistants.
$399/mo billed annually or $499 month to month. No setup fee.
Crawlers
Anthropic's crawlers, and what each one does.
Anthropic publishes the IP addresses its crawlers use, for firewalls that allow bots by address.
- Claude-SearchBotAnswers and citationsKeep open
- Claude-UserOpens pages people ask aboutKeep open
- ClaudeBotModel trainingYour call
Check your site in 15 seconds.
Free: robots.txt and firewall, for every AI crawler above.
FAQ
Questions people ask.
Does Claude use Google?
Not for web search. Anthropic names Brave Search as its web search provider. That's why a business that ranks well on Google can still be missing from Claude's answers.
Can I keep my site out of Claude's training but still appear in its answers?
Yes. Block ClaudeBot and allow Claude-SearchBot and Claude-User. Anthropic treats them as separate crawlers with separate robots.txt rules.
Does Claude recommend local businesses?
Yes, when it searches the web. It names businesses it finds in search results and on the pages it reads, often with links, so the same groundwork applies: indexable pages, clear facts and good reviews.
Sources and how we checked
Checked October 12, 2026. AI assistants change how they search often; the vendor's own documentation is the final word. Claude is a trademark of Anthropic, and Vyzz is not affiliated with it. Spot something out of date? Email hello@vyzz.io.
- Anthropic, Subprocessors (Web Search): trust.anthropic.com/subprocessors
- Anthropic, How site owners can block Claude's crawlers: support.claude.com/en/articles/8896518-does-anthropic-crawl-data-from-the-web-and-how-can-site-owners-block-the-crawler
- Anthropic, Using Claude with iOS apps: support.claude.com/en/articles/11869619-using-claude-with-ios-apps
- Brave, Brave Search: brave.com/search/
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