---
title: "GoogleOther: block or allow this AI crawler · DotsAgent"
description: "GoogleOther is run by Google and listed under training. Its robots.txt token, whether it follows the rules, its IP list and how to control it."
url: https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/googleother
---

Google · Training

# What is GoogleOther?

Google's generic crawler for research and development fetches outside Search. It follows robots.txt and shares the common crawler IP list.

- **robots.txt token**: `GoogleOther`
- **Operator**: Google
- **Purpose**: Training
- **Obeys robots.txt**: The operator says it follows robots.txt.
- **Documented by operator**: Yes, on the operator's own pages.
- **Published IP list**: [developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/common-crawlers.json](https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/common-crawlers.json)
- **Documentation**: [developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers)

## Block GoogleOther from your whole site

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: GoogleOther
Disallow: /
```

## Allow it, but keep private paths out

`robots.txt`

```
User-agent: GoogleOther
Allow: /
Disallow: /admin/
```

## Other bots from Google

[Googlebot](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/googlebot)

[Google-Extended](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/google-extended)

[Google-CloudVertexBot](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/google-cloudvertexbot)

[Google-Agent](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/google-agent)

[Google-GeminiNotebook](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/google-gemininotebook)

[Gemini Spark](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/gemini-spark)

[Gemini-Deep-Research](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/gemini-deep-research)

[GoogleAgent-Mariner](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/bots/googleagent-mariner)

[Add it to a robots.txt in the generator →](https://dotsagent.io/agent-ready/robots-txt)

## Sources

1. [developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers)/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers

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