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.

requests to this site from GoogleOther, 2026-10-05 to 2026-10-28

100%

of requests verified against Google's published identity

GoogleOther is Google's crawler. The chart counts the pages it read on this site, day by day.

Most days had no requests from GoogleOther; the busiest day was 2026-10-23 with 77 requests.

Requests per day from GoogleOther, 2026-10-05 to 2026-10-28. Source: this site's own request logs, each request checked against the vendor's published identity. Method: /method.

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 per day from GoogleOther, 2026-10-05 to 2026-10-28. GoogleOther made 93 requests in this window.

requests, last 30 days: 648
verified requests, last 30 days: 648
verified share, last 30 days: 100%
daily rows recorded: 14

Changes

Date	Claim	Kind	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

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