--- title: "Googlebot Simulator - Test Google Search Crawler | Free SEO Tool" description: "Simulate how Googlebot crawls your website for Google Search and AI Overview. Free technical SEO tool to test your site's crawlability." lang: en json-ld: --- [![Encited logo](/brand/logo.svg)](/) - Features - Resources [Pricing](/pricing)Login[Contact Sales](/contact-sales)Get started free Get started free [All Crawler Simulators](/free-tools/crawler-simulator) ![Googlebot](/crawler-logos/google-search.svg) CRAWLER SIMULATOR # Googlebot Crawler Simulator Test how Google's search crawler sees your website. Identify technical SEO issues and ensure your content is indexed for Google Search and AI Overview. SIMULATE ## Test your site with Googlebot Enter your URL to see how Googlebot views your site. ![google](/crawler-logos/google-search.svg)Google-NotebookLM Simulate Google-NotebookLM OVERVIEW ## What is Googlebot? Googlebot is Google's primary web crawler responsible for discovering and indexing web pages for Google Search. It also powers Google's AI Overview (formerly SGE) responses. Googlebot comes in two versions: Googlebot Desktop and Googlebot Smartphone. Understanding what Googlebot sees is crucial for search engine optimization and appearing in Google's AI-generated answers. WHY ALLOW IT ## Why allow Googlebot? Improve rankings in Google Search results Get featured in Google's AI Overview answers Diagnose why pages aren't being indexed Test mobile-first indexing compatibility Verify JavaScript content is rendered for Google Debug crawl errors and accessibility issues ROBOTS.TXT ## Googlebot robots.txt configuration Control how Googlebot accesses your website using robots.txt directives. Add these rules to your robots.txt file at the root of your domain. ### Allow Googlebot \# Allow Googlebot (recommended for most sites) User-agent: Googlebot Allow: / # Also allow Google's other crawlers User-agent: Google-Extended Allow: / User-agent: GoogleOther Allow: / ### Block Googlebot \# Block Googlebot (not recommended) User-agent: Googlebot Disallow: / # Block Google's AI training crawler only User-agent: Google-Extended Disallow: / **User-Agent String:** `Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Googlebot/2.1; +http://www.google.com/bot.html)` ## Googlebot FAQ ### What's the difference between Googlebot and Google-Extended? ### Does Googlebot execute JavaScript? ### Why isn't Google indexing my pages? ### How do I appear in Google's AI Overview? ### How often does Googlebot crawl my site? ## Related Crawler Simulators [ ![Bingbot](/crawler-logos/bing.svg) Bingbot Simulator ](/free-tools/crawler-simulator/bingbot-simulator)[ ![ChatGPT Fetch](/crawler-logos/chatgpt.svg) ChatGPT Fetch Simulator ](/free-tools/crawler-simulator/chatgpt-crawler-simulator)[ ![PerplexityBot](/crawler-logos/perplexity.png) PerplexityBot Simulator ](/free-tools/crawler-simulator/perplexitybot-simulator)[ ![DuckDuckBot](/crawler-logos/duckduckgo.svg) DuckDuckBot Simulator ](/free-tools/crawler-simulator/duckduckbot-simulator) ## More Free SEO Tools Continue auditing your site with these companion tools. 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