There are quite a few reviews that Google could also be utilizing a extra generic and undocumented Googlebot, Google crawler. The crawler person agent is simply named “Google,” and it’s not listed in any of the documented crawlers that Google has supplied.
Google’s documention lists three classes of crawlers; frequent crawlers, particular case crawlers and person triggered fetchers – none of which simply record “Google” because the person agent’s title.
However JC Chouinard posted an instance of Google utilizing Google because the person agent title, he posted this on X. At first I believed perhaps another person, not Google, was spoofing the title. But it surely would not appear to be the case.
These two IPs had been discovered to this point in the present day pic.twitter.com/R6xs3X7jqU
— JC Chouinard (@ChouinardJC) August 7, 2025
I noticed this too https://t.co/LHA6qwvA4k
— Andrea Volpini (@cyberandy) August 8, 2025
It is Google – simply checked. pic.twitter.com/NyRp48Wu7N
— Kyle Risley (@KyleRisley) August 8, 2025
For the bot “Google” mentioned right here, and the “pageburst” bot, they arrive from Google IPs.
— Malte Landwehr (@MalteLandwehr) August 8, 2025
Google lists their IP ranges for Googlebot and never all of these listed in these examples are on this record. So perhaps it’s somebody spoofing Google?
I did ask Google’s John Mueller final week to look into it however I didn’t hear again:
There are a selection of individuals saying Gemini is just not utilizing the traditional person agent – that is on X at x.com/ChouinardJC/… in case you did not see it @johnmu.com
— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick.com) August 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
For those who see “Google” as bots in your log information, it is best to know you aren’t alone and it’s not clear whether it is Google or another person pretending to be Google?
Discussion board dialogue at X.
