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Google Schema Markup Testing Tool

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The Google Schema Markup Testing Tool bot, now part of the Rich Results Test, crawls pages to validate their structured data. This helps webmasters check if their schema markup is correctly implemented for Google Search. Operated by Google.

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Assessment

Monitoring & Analytics

What is Google Schema Markup Testing Tool?

Google Schema Markup Testing Tool is a web crawler operated by Google. The Google Schema Markup Testing Tool bot, now part of the Rich Results Test, crawls pages to validate their structured data. This helps webmasters check if their schema markup is correctly implemented for Google Search.

Helpful — Verified, safe crawler. Respects robots.txt and provides operator documentation.

Identification

Bot name

Google Schema Markup Testing Tool

Operator

Google

How we rated this bot

Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.

Names itself honestly

Yes

Verified by Cloudflare

Yes

Says it follows robots.txt and opt-outs

Not stated

Ignores site rules

None found

Disguises itself or evades blocks

None found

Overloads sites

None found

How widely people complain

No complaint about this bot in the evidence

Reddit discussion

There is no Reddit discussion of this bot in the evidence

What we read

Why it crawls your site

Google Schema Markup Testing Tool crawls websites to monitor website availability, performance, and analytics. It is operated by Google as part of their monitoring and analytics infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.

IP ranges

Requests from Google Schema Markup Testing Tool 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.

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Block or allow Google Schema Markup Testing Tool

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for Google-Structured-Data-Testing 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 Schema Markup Testing Tool from crawling your entire site
User-agent: Google-Structured-Data-Testing
Disallow: /

# Allow Google Schema Markup Testing Tool full access
User-agent: Google-Structured-Data-Testing
Allow: /

Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows Google-Structured-Data-Testing. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Google's documentation.