Google-InspectionTool

Last updated 20 hours ago.

What is Google-InspectionTool?

About

Google-InspectionTool is a developer helper 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 set up agent analytics to see when Google-InspectionTool visits your website.

Detail

Operator Google
Documentation http://google.com/bot.html

Type

Developer Helper
Used by developers to test website functionality

Expected Behavior

Developer helpers generally visit websites on direct behalf of a user who is evaluating some feature or attribute. Visits can be one-off or part of a larger crawl.

Insights

Google-InspectionTool Visiting Your Website

Half of your traffic probably comes from artificial agents, and there are more of them every day. Track their activity with the API or WordPress plugin.

Set Up Agent Analytics

Other Websites

1%
1% of top websites are blocking Google-InspectionTool
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Access Control

Should I Block Google-InspectionTool?

Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.

Using Robots.txt

You can block Google-InspectionTool or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. We recommend setting up agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.

User Agent Token Description
Google-InspectionTool Should match instances of Google-InspectionTool 
# robots.txt
# This should block Google-InspectionTool

User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Disallow: /

Instead of doing this manually, you can use the API or Wordpress plugin to keep your robots.txt updated with the latest known AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.

Set Up Automatic Robots.txt