About this bot
Google Images is a verified crawler associated with Google and is used for image indexing.
The primary identifying signal is Googlebot-Image.
Googlebot-Image is Google’s common image crawler for discovering and indexing images. Common Google crawlers obey robots.txt and can be authenticated with Google crawler network/rDNS data.
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence.
This identity is recorded as honoring robots.txt under Googlebot-Image.
Risk classification: Safe. Treat User-Agent strings as claims unless corroborated by the verification signals recorded for this entry.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
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Googlebot-ImageGooglebot-Image/1.0 - Also known as
- Google image crawler
Details
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Purpose
- Image indexing
- Common Use
- Google Images is used for search indexing, URL discovery, page rendering, result freshness, and search-quality checks.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
Verification
- Identity Type
- Verified bot
- Evidence Method
- Verify Googlebot-Image using Google common-crawler IP ranges or reverse/forward DNS in addition to the User-Agent token.
- Detection Notes
- Match `Googlebot-Image` as an identity signal and apply the recorded verification method before granting identity-based trust.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: Googlebot-Image Disallow: /