AI agent directory · Google
Google-Agent
Google-Agent is Google's agent that browses and acts on websites on a person's behalf. Here's how to recognize it and check a request really is it.
At a glance
Google-Agent facts
- Operator: Google
- Type: Declared agent
- Why it fetches: Acts in a browser for a person
- User agent contains: `Google-Agent`
- Verified by: published IP ranges
- Operator's documentation: developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-user-triggered-fetchers
Is it really?
How to tell a real Google-Agent from an impostor
Anyone can put "Google-Agent" in a user agent. What can't be faked is below.
- Check the address. Google publishes the IP ranges Google-Agent uses: developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-agents.json. A request whose user agent says Google-Agent from an address outside them is an impostor.
In Punchline
How Punchline counts Google-Agent
Punchline labels a request that names Google-Agent with how sure it is: verified or declared when the evidence checks out, a lower tier when it can't be checked, and impostor when the evidence contradicts it. Each visit is counted under Google, with its purpose, so you can see whether Google-Agent is bringing people's questions to your pages and which pages it reads. How it works · Known agents