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Googlebot/2.1

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Googlebot/2.1 is the user agent string used by Google's web crawler, Googlebot, to identify itself when accessing and indexing web content. This user agent string is structured as follows: Mobile User Agent : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/41.0.2272.96 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) Desktop User Agent : Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) In these strings, Googlebot/2.1 indicates the version of the crawler, and the URL +http://www.google.com/bot.html provides more information about Googlebot. ( developers.google.com ) It's important to note that Googlebot's user agent strings have evolved over time. In December 2019, Google announced plans to update Googlebot's user agent strings to reflect the new Chrome-based rendering engine used by Googlebot. This update aimed to ensure that Googlebot accurately represents the browser version it uses for rendering web pages. ( developers.google.com ) For the most current information about Googlebot and its user agent strings, you can refer to Google's official documentation at http://www.google.com/bot.html .

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Identification

Bot name
Googlebot/2.1
Category
Uncategorized
Verification
Community-sourced
User-agent string
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/153.0.8010.47 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)

IP ranges

Requests from Googlebot/2.1 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 Googlebot/2.1

Block it

Add a Disallow rule for Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/153.0.8010.36 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) 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 Googlebot/2.1 from crawling your entire site
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/153.0.8010.36 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)
Disallow: /

# Allow Googlebot/2.1 full access
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/153.0.8010.36 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)
Allow: /
Allow & verify

Ensure your robots.txt allows Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/153.0.8010.36 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html). Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.

Data sources

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Last updated September 22, 2026

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