AI crawlers / GoogleOther
GoogleOther: what it is and how to block or charge it
GoogleOther is run by Google. A generic Google crawler used by product teams for fetches outside Search, including research and development.
| Operator | |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Several uses, including AI |
| User-agent contains | GoogleOther |
| Official IP list | None published, so it can only be recognized by name. Which crawlers publish one |
| Same operator | Google-Extended |
Block GoogleOther in robots.txt
User-agent: GoogleOther
Disallow: /robots.txt is a request, not a lock: well-behaved crawlers follow it. To block by user agent at the server, match GoogleOther in the User-Agent header.
Or charge GoogleOther per page
Instead of blocking it, answer GoogleOther with HTTP 402 Payment Required and a price. Crawlers and agents that support x402 pay a fraction of a cent in USDC straight to your wallet and get the page; people and search engines browse free. Set it up free on pay-per-crawl in about five minutes.
Is GoogleOther reading your site?
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