GoogleAssociationService

What is GoogleAssociationService?

About

GoogleAssociationService is a verification bot that checks Digital Asset Links statements on websites to validate relationships between web properties and mobile apps for features like app linking and credential sharing. You can see how often GoogleAssociationService visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.

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.

Type

Developer Helper
Used by developers to test website functionality

Detail

Operated By Google
Last Updated 18 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

0%
0% of top websites are blocking GoogleAssociationService
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Country of Origin

United States
GoogleAssociationService normally visits from the United States

Global Traffic

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The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Developer Helpers

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Robots.txt

Should I Block GoogleAssociationService?

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

How Do I Block GoogleAssociationService?

⚠️ Manual Robots.txt Edits Are Not Scalable
New agents are created every day. Instead, serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks new agents automatically.
Set Up Automatic Robots.txt

You can block GoogleAssociationService 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 String GoogleAssociationService 
# robots.txt
# This should block GoogleAssociationService

User-agent: GoogleAssociationService
Disallow: /

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