What is Googlebot?

Google · search index · class search

Indexes pages for Google Search. Blocking it removes you from Google.

Verdict: Let it in. Verify it.

Profile

Compiled by Crawler Atlas from the operator's published documentation. Not yet declared by the operator. JSON

Operator	Google · developers.google.com
Purpose	Search engines. Index pages for search results. Verified by reverse DNS and free by default; blocking them removes you from search.
User-agent contains	`googlebot`
robots.txt	`User-agent: Googlebot` `Disallow: /`
How to verify	Reverse DNS on the client address must end in `.googlebot.com, .google.com` and resolve forward to the same address. The operator publishes its address ranges: developers.google.com. A request that claims this name from an address outside these is an impostor.
Should you block it?	Let it in. Verify it.
Does it pay?	No. It does not carry a wallet and cannot answer a 402. A site that charges simply serves it nothing.
Docs	https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/verifying-googlebot

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