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Google-InspectionTool

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Verify Google-InspectionTool IP Address

Verify if an IP address truly belongs to Google, using official verification methods. Enter both IP address and User-Agent from your logs for the most accurate bot verification.

Google-InspectionTool is Google’s crawler that simulates how Google Search fetches and renders pages during diagnostics, testing, and site inspection. It is triggered by tools like the Google Search Console URL Inspection tool, Rich Results Test, and Mobile-Friendly Test. The bot fetches pages to evaluate indexing eligibility, structured data, mobile usability, and rendering behavior. Crawl activity is typically on-demand and low volume, generated when site owners or automated systems request diagnostic checks. RobotSense.io verifies Google-InspectionTool using Google’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine Google-InspectionTool traffic is identified.

This bot does not honor Crawl-Delay rule.

User Agent Examples

Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Google-InspectionTool/1.0;)

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/W.X.Y.Z Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; Google-InspectionTool/1.0;)
Example user agent strings for Google-InspectionTool

Robots.txt Configuration for Google-InspectionTool

Robots.txt User-Agent:Google-InspectionTool

Use this identifier in your robots.txt User-agent directive to target Google-InspectionTool.

Recommended Configuration

Our recommended robots.txt configuration for Google-InspectionTool:

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Allow: /

Completely Block Google-InspectionTool

Prevent this bot from crawling your entire site:

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Disallow: /

Completely Allow Google-InspectionTool

Allow this bot to crawl your entire site:

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Allow: /

Block Specific Paths

Block this bot from specific directories or pages:

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/

Allow Only Specific Paths

Block everything but allow specific directories:

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Disallow: /
Allow: /public/
Allow: /blog/

Set Crawl Delay

Limit how frequently Google-InspectionTool can request pages (in seconds):

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10

Note: This bot does not officially mention about honoring Crawl-Delay rule.