AdsBot-Google-Mobile
What is AdsBot-Google-Mobile?
About
AdsBot-Google-Mobile is an intelligence gatherer operated by Google. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us.
Detail
Operator | |
Documentation | http://google.com/bot.html |
Type
Expected Behavior
The behavior of intelligence gatherers depends on the goals of their clients. For example, a client might be interested in brand sentiment, in which case the agent would crawl related social media or blog posts at a more frequent rate than unrelated websites.
Insights
AdsBot-Google-Mobile's Activity on Your Website
Other Websites
Access Control
Should I Block AdsBot-Google-Mobile?
Probably not, especially if you benefit from an intelligence gathering service yourself. However, you might choose to block them if you're concerned about things like server resource usage.
Using Robots.txt
User Agent Token | Description |
---|---|
AdsBot-Google-Mobile |
Should match instances of AdsBot-Google-Mobile |
You can block AdsBot-Google-Mobile or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.
# robots.txt
# This should block AdsBot-Google-Mobile
User-agent: AdsBot-Google-Mobile
Disallow: /