About this bot
Google StoreBot is associated with Google and used for shopping-data.
The primary identifying signal is Storebot-Google.
Representative request identity: Desktop and mobile browser-like User-Agents include Storebot-Google/1.0..
Directory status: Active. Identity classification: Verified with High confidence. Identity type: official-documented.
This identity is recorded as honoring robots.txt under `Storebot-Google`.
Common use: crawling product pages and checkout flows to verify pricing, shipping, payment, and availability information for Google Shopping.
Risk classification: Neutral. Recommended handling: depends.
How to identify this bot
- User-agent and crawler identifiers
-
Storebot-GoogleDesktop and mobile browser-like User-Agents include Storebot-Google/1.0. - Also known as
- Google Shopping crawler
Details
- Kind
- Crawler
- Family
- Purpose
- Shopping data
- Common Use
- crawling product pages and checkout flows to verify pricing, shipping, payment, and availability information for Google Shopping
- Respects robots.txt
- Yes
Verification
- Identity Type
- Officially documented
- Evidence Method
- Match `Storebot-Google` as the documented identity signal and corroborate source network, DNS, signatures, or request context when stronger authentication is required.
- Detection Notes
- Match the `Storebot-Google` identity in request logs and corroborate the surrounding request context. A User-Agent string alone can be copied.
Website controls
- Robots.txt Snippet
User-agent: Storebot-Google Disallow: /