Googlebot
Googlebot is Google's flagship search indexing crawler. It crawls billions of web pages daily to populate Google Search indexes and directly drives Google AI Overviews synthesized in search result pages.
Technical Specifications
GooglebotFrequently Asked Questions
Should I ever block Googlebot?
Almost never, unless a staging/private site should be entirely removed from Google search. Blocking Googlebot eliminates 100% of your Google search rankings.
Ensure this bot can index your public pages for citations.
# Allow Googlebot User-agent: Googlebot Allow: /
Prevent this bot from accessing any content on your domain.
# Block Googlebot User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /
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