Crawl & indexing
Google — Verify Crawler Requests
Use Google's published IP ranges or matching reverse and forward DNS checks to verify crawler requests rather than trusting a user-agent label alone.
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- Distinguishing verified Google crawler traffic from spoofed user agents
- Owner next step
- Choose a request from your own logs and follow the documented verification method for that crawler or fetcher category before treating it as genuine.
- Access
- Public documentation; server logs and suitable network tools for your own verification
- Cost
- Free. Free public guidance and IP-range references. Log access and technical setup are separate; verified identity does not prove indexing, citations or useful visits.
- Interfaces
- Website
- Source evidence
- Official public source · checked 2026-10-18. This is a description review, not an execution or compatibility test.
- Traffic and availability
- Not monitored. Bot visits, citations, uptime and successful delivery have not been measured by this directory.
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