# GoogleOther

Google crawler, purpose: mixed.

The GoogleOther record on Rattlesnakes By Mail is the full published file on GoogleOther, a crawler from Google. Each fact on the GoogleOther record is a dated claim with a verbatim quote from Google, a source URL, a verification method and a confidence. Sections run in a fixed order: Identity, Claims, Observations, Changes, Questions, Notes.

## Identity

vendor: Google
kind: crawler
purpose: mixed
ua_token: GoogleOther
robots_token: GoogleOther
ip_list_url: https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/common-crawlers.json
docs_url: https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-common-crawlers
status: active

Generic crawler used by various Google product teams to fetch publicly accessible content outside Search.

## Claims

| Field | Value | Method | Confidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| observed_fetches_robots_txt | no | observed_here | high |
| observed_requested_mcp_endpoint | yes | observed_here | high |
| honours_crawl_delay | no | vendor_doc | medium |
| publishes_ip_list | yes | vendor_doc | high |
| purpose_documented | mixed | vendor_doc | high |
| respects_robots_txt | yes | vendor_doc | high |
| robots_txt_token | GoogleOther | vendor_doc | high |
| separate_search_and_training_tokens | not_documented | vendor_doc | n/a |
| verifiable_by_rdns | yes | vendor_doc | medium |

## Observations

requests, last 30 days: 471
verified requests, last 30 days: 471
verified share, last 30 days: 100%
daily rows recorded: 7

## Changes

| Date | Claim | Kind | Old value | New value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-17 | observed_requested_mcp_endpoint | new |  | yes |
| 2026-09-17 | observed_fetches_robots_txt | new |  | no |
| 2026-09-13 | respects_robots_txt | new |  | yes |
| 2026-09-13 | honours_crawl_delay | new |  | no |
| 2026-09-13 | publishes_ip_list | new |  | yes |
| 2026-09-13 | verifiable_by_rdns | new |  | yes |
| 2026-09-13 | purpose_documented | new |  | mixed |
| 2026-09-13 | separate_search_and_training_tokens | new |  | not_documented |
| 2026-09-13 | robots_txt_token | new |  | GoogleOther |

## Notes

No published notes for this entity yet.

## Compare with

- GoogleOther vs Claude-SearchBot
- GoogleOther vs Claude-User
- GoogleOther vs ClaudeBot
- GoogleOther vs Applebot
- GoogleOther vs Applebot-Extended
- GoogleOther vs Google-Extended
- GoogleOther vs Googlebot
- GoogleOther vs Bingbot
- GoogleOther vs ChatGPT-User
- GoogleOther vs GPTBot
- GoogleOther vs OAI-AdsBot
- GoogleOther vs OAI-SearchBot
- GoogleOther vs Perplexity-User
- GoogleOther vs PerplexityBot

Every claimed field for GoogleOther is documented at /fields.

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