Google-Agent
GoodBotVerifiedAGENTGoogle-Agent is used by agents hosted on Google infrastructure to navigate the web and perform actions upon user request (e.g., Project Mariner). Operated by Google.
What is Google-Agent?
Google-Agent is a web crawler operated by Google. Google-Agent is used by agents hosted on Google infrastructure to navigate the web and perform actions upon user request (e.g., Project Mariner).
Identification
Google-AgentWhy it crawls your site
Google-Agent crawls websites to collect and process web content. It is operated by Google as part of their web crawling infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
IP ranges
Requests from Google-Agent originate from these published ranges. For strict verification, match the source IP against this list in addition to checking the user-agent and reverse-DNS.
Block or allow Google-Agent
Add a Disallow rule for Google-Agent in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block Google-Agent from crawling your entire site User-agent: Google-Agent Disallow: / # Allow Google-Agent full access User-agent: Google-Agent Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Google-Agent. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Google's documentation.
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From the community
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Related bots
Other crawlers operated by Google.
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Data sources
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