Google AppsViewer
recommended: observeGoogle AppsViewer is a bot operated by Google that fetches and renders content from websites to provide previews or display embedded content within Google Drive and related Google services.
What it does
Google AppsViewer usually makes a single request within seconds of a URL being shared, without crawling further. Traffic rises and falls with sharing activity, so a widely circulated link can produce a sharp burst of fetches.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
Google AppsViewer
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control Google AppsViewer:
Allow full access
User-agent: Google AppsViewer
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: Google AppsViewer
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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