Googlebot-Video

What is Googlebot-Video?

About

Googlebot-Video is Google's specialized crawler for video content discovery and indexing. It crawls websites to find and analyze video files, metadata, and thumbnails for Google Video Search results. You can see how often Googlebot-Video 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 2 hours ago

Insights

Top Website Robots.txts

1%
1% of top websites are blocking Googlebot-Video
Learn How →

Country of Origin

United States
Googlebot-Video normally visits from the United States

Global Traffic

The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Search Engine Crawlers

Top Visited Website Categories

Books and Literature
Travel and Transportation
Food and Drink
Jobs and Education
Home and Garden
How Do I Get These Insights for My Website?
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Robots.txt

Should I Block Googlebot-Video?

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-Video?

You can block Googlebot-Video 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.
User Agent String Googlebot-Video/1.0
# In your robots.txt ...

User-agent: Googlebot-Video # https://darkvisitors.com/agents/googlebot-video
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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