Google Videos
GoodBotVerifiedBOTThe Google Videos bot is the search engine crawler for Google Video Search. Operated by Google.
What is Google Videos?
Google Videos is a web crawler operated by Google. The Google Videos bot is the search engine crawler for Google Video Search. As a search engine crawler, it systematically indexes web pages to build and maintain search engine results.
Identification
Googlebot-VideoWhy it crawls your site
Google Videos 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 Videos 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 Videos
Add a Disallow rule for Googlebot-Video 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 Videos from crawling your entire site User-agent: Googlebot-Video Disallow: / # Allow Google Videos full access User-agent: Googlebot-Video Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows Googlebot-Video. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Google's documentation.
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Related bots
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