Google-InspectionTool
recommended: allowGoogle-InspectionTool powers Search Console's URL Inspection tool and Rich Results Test, crawling pages to validate indexability, structured data markup, and search feature compatibility on user request.
What it does
Google-InspectionTool's cadence depends on how the scan is configured. Continuous monitoring may run daily or hourly, while a one-time or internet-wide scan may sweep once and disappear.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
Google-InspectionTool
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control Google-InspectionTool:
Allow full access
User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: Google-InspectionTool
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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