- Developer
- DeepSeek
- Web source
- Web search when search mode is on; training data when off
- Crawlers
- No detailed public crawler documentation (September 2026)
- Citations
- Source list in search mode
- Monitoring
- One of the 6 engines we measure regularly for clients
With no documented crawler to configure for DeepSeek (as far as we could find as of September 2026), the most effective lever is general web authority: your brand described publicly, consistently and in the same way across several independent sources. With search off, DeepSeek answers from training data, so long-term consistent mentions are especially decisive here.
What’s the strategy for an undocumented engine?
- General bot access: avoid unnecessary blocks under
User-agent: *; undocumented crawlers usually follow the general rule. - Several independent sources: beyond your own site, appear with the same information in directories, trade publications and list articles.
- Multilingual consistency: your brand’s Latin-script spelling, English description and service definitions should match in every language — DeepSeek’s training data is multilingual.
- Definition sentences: subject-verb-clear sentences like “Vextoo Geo Agency is a GEO/AEO agency based in Istanbul.” make learning easier for models.
How do you measure DeepSeek?
Ask the target questions with search mode on and off. Sources with search on reflect your web visibility today; the answer with search off shows what the model “knows” about you. The gap tells you which channel needs investment.
Frequently asked questions
01Can I manage DeepSeek’s crawler with robots.txt?
As of September 2026 we couldn’t find public documentation for DeepSeek’s web crawlers at the level OpenAI, Google or Anthropic provide. Your general robots.txt rules apply; a specific rule can be added once a bot name is published.
Sources
- DeepSeek — official site · accessed 27 September 2026
- Hugging Face — deepseek-ai (open-weight models) · accessed 27 September 2026