Google Digital Asset Links
GoodBotVerifiedBOTThe Digital Asset Links bot verifies statements lists made by website operators. Operated by Google.
What is Google Digital Asset Links?
Google Digital Asset Links is a web crawler operated by Google. The Digital Asset Links bot verifies statements lists made by website operators.
Identification
GoogleAssociationServiceWhy it crawls your site
Google Digital Asset Links crawls websites to analyze search engine optimization factors and backlinks. It is operated by Google as part of their SEO analysis infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
IP ranges
Requests from Google Digital Asset Links 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 Digital Asset Links
Add a Disallow rule for GoogleAssociationService 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 Digital Asset Links from crawling your entire site User-agent: GoogleAssociationService Disallow: / # Allow Google Digital Asset Links full access User-agent: GoogleAssociationService Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows GoogleAssociationService. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Google's documentation.
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