Google-InspectionTool
by Google
Crawls pages for a traditional search index, which is what lets them rank.
Google crawler used by Search testing tools such as Rich Results Test and URL Inspection.
What it usually means
Someone tested this page in a Google Search tool, and Google fetched it to run the check.
How to identify it
google-inspectiontool User-agent: Google-InspectionTool How it's verified
- https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/common-crawlers.json
- https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/special-crawlers.json
- https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers.json
- https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers-google.json
- https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-agents.json
2001:4860:4801:10::/642001:4860:4801:11::/642001:4860:4801:12::/642001:4860:4801:13::/642001:4860:4801:14::/642001:4860:4801:15::/642001:4860:4801:16::/642001:4860:4801:17::/642001:4860:4801:18::/642001:4860:4801:19::/64 5 IP sources configured
Sources
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