# Claim 63

Googlebot obeys robots.txt rules when crawling automatically.

entity: Googlebot
field: respects_robots_txt
value: yes
statement: Googlebot obeys robots.txt rules when crawling automatically.
evidence_url: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers
evidence_quote: "They always obey robots.txt rules when crawling automatically." source dated 2026-07-14
method: vendor_doc
verified_at: 2026-09-13
confidence: high
status: current
supersedes: none

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