# GoogleOther

> Google · search

_The AI Crawler Registry · /crawlers/googleother · [JSON](/api/crawlers/googleother) · [all The AI Crawler Registry](/crawlers)_

- **name:** GoogleOther
- **operator:** Google
- **purpose:** search
- **ua_substring:** GoogleOther
- **robots_token:** GoogleOther
- **respects_robots:** yes
- **verify:** Google IP ranges at gstatic.com/ipranges/goog.json + reverse DNS to googlebot.com / google.com
- **notes:** Generic Google crawler used by various teams for research and product development.
- **canonical_name:** GoogleOther
- **user_agent_token:** GoogleOther
- **ua_full:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **bot_type:** search-index
- **bot_type_extension:** —
- **opt_out_mechanism:** robots.txt disallow (User-agent: GoogleOther)
- **published_ip_range_url:** https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/special-crawlers.json
- **asn:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **reverse_dns_suffix:** .googlebot.com / .google.com (source: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/verifying-googlebot)
- **supports_web_bot_auth:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **signature_agent_domain:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **jwks_url:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **verification_methods:** published-IP-range, reverse-DNS
- **crawl_traffic_share:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **targeted_content_type:** HTML, text
- **documentation_url:** https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/overview-google-crawlers
- **first_seen_date:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **last_verified_date:** 2026-06-15
- **block_vs_allow_recommendation:** conditional — generic Google fetcher for assorted product/research use; allow unless you specifically want to limit non-Search Google access.
- **citation_referral_value:** low (generic fetcher; not a dedicated answer-engine citer)
- **cloudflare_verified_category:** — (verify-against-primary-at-build)
- **status:** active
- **triples:** ["GoogleOther","operated_by","Google"], ["GoogleOther","has_bot_type","search-index"], ["GoogleOther","verified_via","published-IP-range"], ["GoogleOther","verified_via","reverse-DNS"]
- **attribute_sources:** {"claims":["published_ip_range_url","reverse_dns_suffix"],"source":"https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/verifying-googlebot","last_verified":"2026-06-15"}, {"claims":["robots_token","documentation_url"],"source":"https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/overview-google-crawlers","last_verified":"2026-06-15"}