Google Images
GoodBotVerifiedBOTThe Google Images bot is the search engine crawler for Google Images Search. Operated by Google.
What is Google Images?
Google Images is a web crawler operated by Google. The Google Images bot is the search engine crawler for Google Images Search. As a search engine crawler, it systematically indexes web pages to build and maintain search engine results.
Identification
Googlebot-ImageWhy it crawls your site
Google Images crawls websites to index web pages and build search engine results. It is operated by Google as part of their search engine infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
IP ranges
Requests from Google Images 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 Images
Add a Disallow rule for Googlebot-Image 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 Images from crawling your entire site User-agent: Googlebot-Image Disallow: / # Allow Google Images full access User-agent: Googlebot-Image Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Googlebot-Image. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Google's documentation.
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Related bots
Other crawlers operated by Google.
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