Googlebot-Mobile

What is Googlebot-Mobile?

About

Googlebot-Mobile is a search engine crawler operated by Google. If you think this is incorrect or can provide additional detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often Googlebot-Mobile 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.

Type

Search Engine Crawler
Indexes web content for search engine results

Detail

Operated By Google
Last Updated 20 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

1%
1% of top websites are blocking Googlebot-Mobile
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Country of Origin

United States
Googlebot-Mobile normally visits from the United States

Global Traffic

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The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Search Engine Crawlers

Top Visited Website Categories

Internet and Telecom
Health
Online Communities
Travel and Transportation
Computers and Electronics
How Do I Get These Insights for My Website?
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Robots.txt

Should I Block Googlebot-Mobile?

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-Mobile?

You can block Googlebot-Mobile 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.

How Do I Block All Search Engine Crawlers?
Serve a continuously updating robots.txt that blocks new search engine crawlers automatically.
Set Up Automatic Robots.txt
User Agent String DoCoMo/2.0 N905i(c100;TB;W24H16) (compatible; Googlebot-Mobile/2.1; http://www.google.com/bot.html) 
# In your robots.txt ...

User-agent: Googlebot-Mobile # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/googlebot-mobile
Disallow: /

⚠️ Manual Robots.txt Editing Is Not Scalable

New agents are created every day. We recommend setting up Dark Visitors Automatic Robots.txt if you want to block all agents of this type.

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