# Googlebot-Image

Operator: Google
Purpose: Web search
Reviewed: 2026-09-14
HTTP identifier: Googlebot-Image
robots.txt token: Googlebot-Image

## What is Googlebot-Image?

Fetches images for Google’s visual search features.

## How to identify it

Look for the Googlebot-Image identifier in a request’s User-Agent. This is a name match, not identity verification. Version strings may change.

## How to check identity

Use Google’s published IP ranges for this crawler class and its forward-confirmed reverse DNS procedure.

## Access and robots.txt

The operator documents robots.txt rules for this identifier.

Optional full-site opt-out; merge with existing rules only if intended. Not a security control.

```text
User-agent: Googlebot-Image
Disallow: /
```

## What it means in your analytics

Image requests belong to media discovery; they do not count as visits to the surrounding article.

## Useful measures

URL coverage; Crawl errors; Repeat crawls.

## What to check next

Check image URLs and CDN access alongside the HTML page that embeds them.

## Sources

- [developers.google.com](https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-common-crawlers)

Operator facts are source-backed; interpretation and actions are Apostl guidance.

## Related profiles

- [Googlebot](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot)
- [Google-Extended](https://apostl.dev/bots/google-extended)
- [Googlebot-Video](https://apostl.dev/bots/googlebot-video)

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