Overview
Google Site Verification is a security scanner from Google used for security scanning, malware checks, vulnerability assessment, certificate review, and site-safety analysis.
Its primary user-agent pattern is Google-Site-Verification; related patterns include Google Site Verifier; a representative HTTP user-agent is Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Google-Site-Verification/1.0).
Google Site Verification is verified with High confidence. The identity type is Verified Bot, and the evidence basis is official operator documentation.
Google Site Verification is marked as respecting robots.txt directives for crawler access control.
Google Site Verification can usually be allowed after confirming the source and monitoring request volume.
Identity
- User-Agent Pattern
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Google-Site-Verification - Aliases
- Google Site Verifier
- HTTP Agent Examples
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Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Google-Site-Verification/1.0) - Robots Token
- Google-Site-Verification
- Identity Type
- Verified bot
- Evidence Method
- Verify Google Site Verification by matching `Google-Site-Verification` to Google evidence, then checking reverse DNS, source-network ownership, signed request data, or published crawler documentation when available.
Classification
- Type
- Verification
- Kind
- Fetcher
- Family
- Purpose
- Site verification
Behavior and handling
- Common Use
- Fetching Search Console site-verification tokens at a user’s request.
- Detection Notes
- Google Site Verification traffic is primarily detected by the `Google-Site-Verification` user-agent pattern; related patterns include `Google Site Verifier`; a representative HTTP user-agent is `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Google-Site-Verification/1.0)`. Compare source IPs, reverse DNS, request paths, and crawl cadence with Google infrastructure before trusting the traffic.
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
- Spoofing Risk
- Google Site Verification has medium spoofing risk because the user-agent can be copied, even when the bot has strong source or documentation support.
- Risk
- Safe
- Recommended Handling
- Do not block
Rules and controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
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User-agent: Google-Site-Verification Disallow: /
Relationships
- Operator
- Google Checked 2026-08-07
Relationships without an Evidence link are normalized from the canonical directory record. They should not be interpreted as independent proof of physical presence or request origin.