Googlebot-Image

SEARCH INDEXING

Not yet observed on any site Botfall meters. This record exists because the operator documents it — when it shows up in real traffic, its vitals appear here.

Operator	Google
Purpose	Search indexing
Identifies as	User-agent substring: `googlebot-image`
Notes	Ordered before the generic googlebot needle.

What the operator publishes

Their documentation, not our measurements — re-checked automatically every day.

robots.txt stance	Operator documents that it honors robots.txt
Operator documentation	https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-common-crawlers link checked 2026-09-30

Provenance

What establishes this record, and when it was last checked — no speculative entries.

Google crawler docschecked 2026-08-01

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