Google Images
recommended: allowThe Google Images bot is the search engine crawler for Google Images Search.
What it does
Google Images follows an algorithmic schedule shaped by your site's popularity, update cadence, and domain authority. It generally spreads requests across recurring crawl passes, throttles itself to limit server load, and respects crawl directives more reliably than most other bots.
How to identify it
User-agent contains any of:
Googlebot-ImageGoogle Images
⚠️ Impostors often copy this name. A genuine Google Images never matches:
Googlebot-Image
robots.txt
Well-behaved crawlers honor robots.txt. To control Google Images:
Allow full access
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Allow: /Block entirely
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /
Grey-area scrapers ignore robots.txt. Botscope enforces your policy at the edge or origin regardless —
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See Google Images on your own site
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