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GoogleBot — robots.txt guide
Google Search indexing crawler.
- robots.txt User-agent
- Googlebot
- Company
- Official documentation
- https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/googlebot
How to allow Googlebot in robots.txt
Add an explicit allow rule (recommended when you use specific bot blocks elsewhere):
User-agent: Googlebot Allow: /
How to block Googlebot in robots.txt
Block this crawler from your entire site:
User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: /
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