Googlebot-IA
What is Googlebot-IA?
About
Googlebot-IA is Google Scholar's specialized crawler that indexes scholarly literature from academic publishers, repositories, and university websites to populate the academic search engine with research papers and publications. You can see how often Googlebot-IA visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
Expected Behavior
Search engine crawlers do not adhere to a fixed visitation schedule for websites. The frequency of visits varies widely based on several factors, including popularity, the rate at which its content is updated, and the website's overall trustworthiness. Websites with fresh, high-quality content tend to be crawled more frequently, while less active or less reputable sites may be visited less often.
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The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Search Engine Crawlers
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Should I Block Googlebot-IA?
Probably not. Search engine crawlers power search engines, which are a useful way for users to discover your website. In fact, blocking search engine crawlers could severely reduce your traffic.
How Do I Block Googlebot-IA?
You can block Googlebot-IA 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.
# robots.txt
# This should block Googlebot-IA
User-agent: Googlebot-IA
Disallow: /