What is GoogleOther?
GoogleOther is a generic crawler operated by Google. Use this crawler profile to identify user-agent tokens, operator signals, platform hints, and recommended handling.
GoogleOther
Google · Generic crawler
- Version
- Unknown
- First seen
- May 20, 2026
- Last seen
- May 24, 2026
- Confidence
- Known user-agent token
What is GoogleOther?
GoogleOther is a generic crawler operated by Google. GoogleOther is classified as a generic crawler that may fetch pages for search, SEO, monitoring, or data collection workflows.
GoogleOther matched a known crawler token in the user-agent string, but this page alone does not prove IP ownership.
How to identify GoogleOther in logs
Search server logs for GoogleOther, GoogleOther-Image, GoogleOther-Video. 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; GoogleOther)
Use this as a web-crawler lookup reference for identifying how this user-agent presents itself in server logs.
User-agent signals
- Product tokens
- Mozilla/5.0, Linux, Android, Nexus, Build/MMB29P, AppleWebKit/537.36, Gecko, Chrome/148.0.7778.96
- Documentation
- None found in user-agent
- Contact
- None found
- Platform
- Android · Mobile
- Browser profile
- Chrome · Blink
- Browser-like UA
- Yes
- HTTP library
- Unknown
- Spoof risk
- Medium
Questions answered by this crawler profile
What is GoogleOther?
GoogleOther is classified as a generic crawler that may fetch pages for search, SEO, monitoring, or data collection workflows.
Who operates GoogleOther?
GoogleOther is associated with Google.
How do I identify GoogleOther in logs?
Search server logs for GoogleOther, GoogleOther-Image, GoogleOther-Video. Matching those tokens is useful for discovery, but IP verification is still recommended before trusting the identity.
Should I allow GoogleOther?
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 GoogleOther 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.