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Google-Extended

OFFICIEL

Google

Google's AI training crawler

10

Score de légitimité

robots.txt

Respecté

Fréquence

ÉlevĂ©

Impact serveur

Moyen

Recommandation

Au cas par cas

Données techniques

User-Agent Pattern

Google-Extended\|Googlebot-Extended

DĂ©tection JS

const isGoogleExtended = /Google-Extended\|Googlebot-Extended/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
Capability de rendu:

Qu'est-ce que Google-Extended ?

Google-Extended is Google's dedicated crawler for collecting training data used in AI products like Bard (now Gemini), Vertex AI, and other Google machine learning applications. Importantly, Google-Extended is separate from Googlebot—the main crawler for Google Search. Blocking Google-Extended will NOT affect your search rankings or how Google indexes your website for search results. This separation allows website owners to independently control AI training access while maintaining search visibility.

Types de contenu ciblés

textimagesstructured_datavideos

Qui utilise ce bot ?

Google uses Google-Extended to gather training data for multiple AI products: - **Gemini** (formerly Bard): Google's conversational AI assistant - **Vertex AI**: Google's enterprise AI platform - **SGE (Search Generative Experience)**: AI-powered search features - **Other ML models**: Various Google machine learning applications Unlike Googlebot which feeds search results, Google-Extended content fuels Google's generative AI capabilities.

Risques potentiels

Competitive content used in AI

Your unique content may be used to train a competitor (Google) in building AI products.

No guaranteed attribution

Your content may appear in AI-generated responses without linking to your site.

SGE reduces click-through

Google's AI-powered search can answer queries directly, potentially reducing traffic to your site.

Bandwidth costs

Google's high crawl frequency can consume significant server resources.

Avantages potentiels

No impact on search rankings

Blocking Google-Extended does NOT affect your Google Search rankings or indexing.

Respects robots.txt

Google officially allows webmasters to control AI training access independently from search.

Clear separation from Googlebot

You can block AI training while maintaining search visibility—a unique Google policy.