Googlebot Video
SearchVerify Googlebot Video 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.
Googlebot-Video/1.0 is Google’s specialized crawler for discovering and indexing video content across the web. The bot scans pages for embedded video files, metadata, structured data, thumbnails, transcripts, and video sitemaps to understand relevance, quality, and playback details. Crawl behavior is generally targeted and low-impact, focusing on URLs that contain or reference video assets. Its purpose is to ensure accurate, up-to-date representation of video content in Google Search and related surfaces. RobotSense.io verifies Googlebot Video using Google’s official validation methods, ensuring only genuine Googlebot Video traffic is identified.
User Agent Examples
Googlebot-Video/1.0Robots.txt Configuration for Googlebot Video
Googlebot-VideoUse this identifier in your robots.txt User-agent directive to target Googlebot Video.
Recommended Configuration
Our recommended robots.txt configuration for Googlebot Video:
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Allow: /Completely Block Googlebot Video
Prevent this bot from crawling your entire site:
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Disallow: /Completely Allow Googlebot Video
Allow this bot to crawl your entire site:
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Allow: /Block Specific Paths
Block this bot from specific directories or pages:
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /api/Allow Only Specific Paths
Block everything but allow specific directories:
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Disallow: /
Allow: /public/
Allow: /blog/Set Crawl Delay
Limit how frequently Googlebot Video can request pages (in seconds):
User-agent: Googlebot-Video
Allow: /
Crawl-delay: 10Note: This bot officially honors the Crawl-delay directive.