Googlebot
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Google's main web crawler
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Did you find Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your logs?
If you've seen Googlebot/2.1 (+http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your website logs, it indicates that Googlebot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your logs?
If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your website logs, it indicates that Googlebot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 6_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10A5376e Safari/8536.25 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your logs?
If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 6_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/536.26 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/6.0 Mobile/10A5376e Safari/8536.25 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your website logs, it indicates that Googlebot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12F70 Safari/600.1.4 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your logs?
If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12F70 Safari/600.1.4 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your website logs, it indicates that Googlebot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12F70 Safari/600.1.4 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your logs?
If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 8_3 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/600.1.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0 Mobile/12F70 Safari/600.1.4 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your website logs, it indicates that Googlebot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/27.0.1453 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your logs?
If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/27.0.1453 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) in your website logs, it indicates that Googlebot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find 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) in your logs?
If you've seen 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) in your website logs, it indicates that Googlebot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Did you find Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) Safari/537.36 in your logs?
If you've seen Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html) Safari/537.36 in your website logs, it indicates that Googlebot has been visiting your site. This agent string is one of the known identifiers for this bot.
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Expected Behavior
Web crawlers visit websites on a regular schedule to index content for search engines or other services. They typically follow a consistent crawling pattern and respect robots.txt directives.
Should I Block Googlebot?
This bot is marked as compliant, meaning it generally respects robots.txt directives and follows good practices. You may choose to allow it if you want your content to be accessible to its services.
Recommended Solution
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Get Automated Bot ManagementHow Do I Block Googlebot?
You can block this bot or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt file. Use Spyglasses analytics to check whether it's actually following your rules.
User Agent Tokens
Googlebot\/Should match instances of this botrobots.txt
# robots.txt # This should block Googlebot User-agent: Googlebot\/ Disallow: /
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