Googlebot-Image

Google · Search engines · json

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /
robots.txt tokenGooglebot-Image
User-agent containsGooglebot-Image
OperatorGoogle
CategorySearch engines
robots.txtobeys robots.txt (documented)
Verify bypublished IP ranges
Published ranges169 IPv4 + 146 IPv6 · json · source

What it is

Image indexing for Google Images. A separate token so you can leave images out of search without leaving search.

What blocking it costs you

Your images stop appearing in Google Images.

Full user-agent string

Googlebot-Image/1.0

Allow it instead

User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /

Operator documentation: https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/overview-google-crawlers
Machine copies: json · markdown
Policies that name this crawler: allow-all · allow-ai-search-only · maximum-ai-visibility