Googlebot
Run by Google
Google's main crawler for Google Search.
How Verisoul identifies Googlebot
Googlebot names itself in its user agent. Anyone can copy that, so we only label a session Googlebot when the other signals check out too.
- Not used
Cryptographic
Not needed to identify it
- Used
Network
Source IP confirmed as the operator's own network
- Used
Device
Device profile of Google's page-rendering browser
- Not used
Behavior
Not needed to identify it
Also names itself in its user agent
How often you'll see it
Very common
About 20 to 25% of global crawler traffic in September 2026, per Cloudflare Radar
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