Autonomous AI agent, relatively new category with evolving behavior.
Recommended action: Monitor activity patterns and review regularly.
Category
AI Browser Agent
Primary use case
Autonomous web tasks
Trust level
Review recommended
Trust Levels
- Trusted
- Generally safe
- Review recommended
- Caution advised
Trust levels are an indication based on category, operator, and robots.txt compliance. Always review bot activity for your specific situation.
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Google-Agent Traffic (Last 90 Days)
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Track this bot on your siteWhat is Google-Agent?
Google-Agent is used by agents hosted on Google infrastructure to navigate the web and perform actions upon user request.
What Google-Agent means for your site
Google-Agent is an autonomous AI agent that browses the web using a real browser, operated by Google. Unlike traditional crawlers, it can interact with your pages like a human, navigating links, reading content, and completing multi-step tasks. This is a new and rapidly evolving category of web visitors.
What should you do?
- Monitor activity patterns to understand what the agent does on your site
- Review which pages the agent visits most frequently
- Control access via robots.txt if needed
- Keep an eye on form submissions or interactive behavior
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BotSights tracks every Google-Agent visit in real time, including which pages it crawls, how often, and from where.
How to identify Google-Agent
Google-Agent uses the user-agent "Google-Agent" and respects robots.txt. AI browser agents may behave more like humans than traditional bots.
Google-Agentgoogle-agentHow to block Google-Agent
Three robots.txt options below. Pick the one that matches your goal. Each snippet lists every known Google-Agent user-agent pattern so the rules apply regardless of which one the bot announces.
Edit robots.txt with care
A single misplaced line can de-index your entire site. Common mistake: pasting User-agent: * followed by Disallow: / blocks every bot, not just Google-Agent, including Googlebot. Always paste the snippet between existing rules (not over them), keep the User-agent line scoped to Google-Agent's patterns, and verify with Google's robots.txt tester before deploying. If you are not sure, ask a developer first.
Option 1: Block all access
Tells Google-Agent not to crawl any URL on your site. Use this when you want the bot completely off your content.
User-agent: Google-Agent
User-agent: google-agent
Disallow: /Option 2: Block specific paths only
Keep public content crawlable but exclude sensitive or non-public sections. Add one Disallow: line per path. Replace the example paths with your own.
User-agent: Google-Agent
User-agent: google-agent
Disallow: /admin/
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /checkout/Option 3: Slow down with a crawl delay
Crawl-delay is a voluntary directive that asks the bot to wait the given number of seconds between requests. Useful when Google-Agent is hammering your origin and slowing the site down for real visitors, but you do not want to block it outright. The value is in seconds, so 10 means at most one request every ten seconds. Not all bots honour this directive (Googlebot ignores it; Bingbot, Yandex, and many AI crawlers do respect it).
User-agent: Google-Agent
User-agent: google-agent
Crawl-delay: 10Frequently Asked Questions
What is the User-Agent for Google-Agent?
Google-Agent identifies itself with the User-Agent string "Google-Agent" (alternate forms: google-agent). AI browser agents may use a real browser engine (Chromium-based), so the UA can look human at first glance — check for the operator-specific marker.
Is Google-Agent a real user?
No. Google-Agent is an AI agent acting on behalf of a human user. It browses autonomously using a real browser, often clicking links and reading content like a person would, but the navigation decisions are made by an AI, not the user directly.
Should I treat Google-Agent as a human or as a bot?
Technically a bot — count it separately in analytics. But treat it like a high-intent visitor, since each visit represents a real human task being executed on their behalf. Google-Agent sessions often correlate with research, comparison, or buying intent.
Will Google-Agent fill out forms or trigger conversions?
Possibly. AI browser agents can interact with forms, click buttons, and complete checkouts when instructed. It should respect robots.txt boundaries, but interactive flows are an evolving area.
Should I block Google-Agent?
Monitor first. AI browser agents are a new and rapidly evolving category — many provide real user-on-behalf-of value (research, shopping, scheduling). Block only if you see unwanted behavior like form spam, scraping at scale, or terms-of-service violations.
How do I tell Google-Agent apart from a real user in analytics?
Server logs show the User-Agent. Google-Agent UA is "Google-Agent". BotSights detects this and flags it separately from human visits, so your conversion-rate calculations stay clean.
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