Knocklog

GoogleOther

Google's scraper.

Operator
Google
Type
Scraper
In the user agent
GoogleOther
robots.txt token
GoogleOther
Follows robots.txt
says it follows robots.txt
Official documentation
developers.google.com
Checked on
2026-11-11

What is GoogleOther?

GoogleOther is Google's scraper. It collects data for a product that is not an AI assistant.

The operator's description: Generic Google crawler used by product teams, for example for internal research. (developers.google.com)

How do I block or allow GoogleOther?

With robots.txt, using the token GoogleOther. Google says it follows robots.txt. To block the whole site:

User-agent: GoogleOther
Disallow: /

To allow it, use Allow instead of Disallow. Before blocking, weigh what it brings: look at how often it visits and what it brings before deciding.

How do I see whether GoogleOther visits my site?

In your server or CDN access logs, look for GoogleOther in the user agent. Google Analytics does not show these visits: agents do not run its JavaScript.

Anyone can copy the name in a user agent, so counting log lines is not enough. Knocklog reads your site's traffic on any host, confirms who is who, and shows how often GoogleOther came, which pages it read and what that brought you.

How do I know it is really GoogleOther?

Google publishes GoogleOther's IP addresses at https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/common-crawlers.json. A visit that claims to be GoogleOther from outside those ranges is spoofed.

The IP's reverse DNS, confirmed forward and back, must end in .googlebot.com.

Knocklog runs this check on every visit and separates the genuine agent from impostors.

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