What is AdsBot-Google-Mobile?
AdsBot-Google-Mobile is a generic crawler. Use this crawler profile to identify user-agent tokens, operator signals, platform hints, and recommended handling.
AdsBot-Google-Mobile
Generic crawler
- Version
- Unknown
- First seen
- May 30, 2026
- Confidence
- Inferred user-agent token
Crawler tags
What is AdsBot-Google-Mobile?
AdsBot-Google-Mobile is a generic crawler. AdsBot-Google-Mobile is classified as a generic crawler that may fetch pages for search, SEO, monitoring, or data collection workflows.
AdsBot-Google-Mobile was inferred from a bot-like product token in the user-agent string.
How to identify AdsBot-Google-Mobile in logs
Search server logs for AdsBot-Google-Mobile. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 6.0.1; Nexus 5X Build/MMB29P) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/148.0.7778.96 Mobile Safari/537.36 (compatible; AdsBot-Google-Mobile; +http://www.google.com/mobile/adsbot.html)
Use this as a web-crawler lookup reference for identifying how this user-agent presents itself in server logs. After you identify crawler traffic, run the WebMCP Compatibility Checker to confirm whether AI crawlers and agents can understand your site.
User-agent signals
- Product tokens
- Mozilla/5.0, Linux, Android, Nexus, Build/MMB29P, AppleWebKit/537.36, Gecko, Chrome/148.0.7778.96
- Documentation
- http://www.google.com/mobile/adsbot.html
- Contact
- None found
- Platform
- Android · Mobile
- Browser profile
- Chrome · Blink
- Browser-like UA
- Yes
- HTTP library
- Unknown
- Spoof risk
- High
Questions answered by this crawler profile
What is AdsBot-Google-Mobile?
AdsBot-Google-Mobile is classified as a generic crawler that may fetch pages for search, SEO, monitoring, or data collection workflows.
Who operates AdsBot-Google-Mobile?
The operator for AdsBot-Google-Mobile is not known from the user-agent alone.
How do I identify AdsBot-Google-Mobile in logs?
Search server logs for AdsBot-Google-Mobile. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Should I allow AdsBot-Google-Mobile?
Verify IP ownership or behavior before making security decisions because user-agent strings can be spoofed. Monitor crawl rate and paths, then allow normal traffic or rate-limit/block if behavior becomes abusive.
Does AdsBot-Google-Mobile respect robots.txt?
Robots.txt compliance cannot be proven from a user-agent string alone. Check the crawler operator documentation and your own logs before assuming behavior.