Mediapartners-Google

Last updated 16 hours ago.

What is Mediapartners-Google?

About

Mediapartners-Google is an intelligence gatherer 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. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to see how often Mediapartners-Google visits your website.

Detail

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

Type

Intelligence Gatherer
Searches for useful insights

Expected Behavior

The behavior of intelligence gatherers depends on the goals of their clients. For example, a client might be interested in brand sentiment, in which case the agent would crawl related social media or blog posts at a more frequent rate than unrelated websites.

Analytics

Visits to Your Website

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Other Websites

5%
5% of top websites are blocking Mediapartners-Google
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Robots.txt

Should I Block Mediapartners-Google?

Probably not, especially if you benefit from an intelligence gathering service yourself. However, you might choose to block them if you're concerned about things like server resource usage.

How Do I Block Mediapartners-Google?

You can block Mediapartners-Google 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 Token Description
Mediapartners-Google Should match instances of Mediapartners-Google 
# robots.txt
# This should block Mediapartners-Google

User-agent: Mediapartners-Google
Disallow: /

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