Google AdSense
What is Google AdSense?
About
Google AdSense 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. You can see how often Google AdSense visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
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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.
Agent Analytics
Visits to Your Website
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Top Websites
Robots.txt
Should I Block Google AdSense?
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.
How Do I Block Google AdSense?
You can block Google AdSense or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
| User Agent Token | Description |
|---|---|
Google AdSense |
Should match instances of Google AdSense |
# robots.txt
# This should block Google AdSense
User-agent: Google AdSense
Disallow: /
Recommended Solution
Instead of doing this manually, use automatic robots.txt to keep your rules updated with the latest AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.
Global Bot & LLM Traffic
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