Bot intelligence record

GoogleOther-Image

Review first

Use the GoogleOther-Image identifier to separate Google AI crawler, assistant, or AI search traffic from normal visitor requests in server logs.

Ai Ai Training Official Documented Confidence: High Verified: Yes robots.txt: Yes
Operator
Google
Family
Google
Type
Ai
Source type
Official
Last checked
2026-05-20

User-Agent Pattern

Google
GoogleOther-Image
Verification note

User-agent strings are identification signals, not proof of identity. Confirm important allow, block, or rate-limit decisions with logs, DNS or IP evidence, request behavior, or operator documentation when available.

Robots.txt Snippet

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User-agent: GoogleOther Disallow: /

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Handling Guidance

Depends

Use this record as bot intelligence, then verify the request source and behavior before allowing, blocking, or rate limiting.

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Record Details

Structured data
Operator
Google
Family
Google
Type
Ai
Purpose
Ai Training
Identity type
Official Documented
Confidence
High
Last verified
2026-04-01
Last checked
2026-05-20
Source type
Official
Verification
Use Google's official crawler verification guidance because user-agent strings can be spoofed.
IP ranges
https://developers.google.com/crawling/ipranges/common-crawlers.json
Spoofing risk
User-agent strings for GoogleOther-Image can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.

Notes

GoogleOther-Image is listed in the Botcrawl directory as an AI crawler from Google. The primary identifier for log review is GoogleOther-Image.

Identification

  • User-agent pattern: GoogleOther-Image
  • Family: Google
  • Type: AI
  • Kind: Crawler

Common use

AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.

Verification and handling

Use Google's official crawler verification guidance because user-agent strings can be spoofed.

Directory guidance marks the risk level as Neutral and the blocking decision as Depends. Do not rely on the user-agent string alone because user-agent strings can be copied or spoofed.

Robots.txt handling: Yes.

Evidence and Source

  • Use Google's official crawler verification guidance because user-agent strings can be spoofed.
  • Match `GoogleOther-Image` as a case-insensitive substring in HTTP user-agent logs. Use bot_http_agent for full user-agent examples when the client sends a longer browser-like string. Do not treat a user-agent match alone as proof of identity for allow-listing.
  • AI crawling, assistant retrieval, AI search, or model-supporting discovery depending on the user-agent.
  • User-agent strings for GoogleOther-Image can be spoofed. Treat user-agent detection as a classification signal, then verify with published IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, operator documentation, or published operator documentation, IP ranges, reverse DNS, signatures, or other verified identity signals before allow-listing.

https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-common-crawlers

Same family: Google

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Operator: Google Family: Google Mariner Type: Ai Purpose: Agentic Browsing
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Operator and family: Google Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Assistant
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Operator and family: Google Type: Search Purpose: Indexing
Verified robots.txt: Yes Block: Depends Official Documented

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Operator and family: Vercel Type: Search Purpose: Ai Training
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Operator and family: Vercel Type: Ai Purpose: Ai Training
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