What is Google Bot?

Googlebot is the web crawler software used by Google, which collects documents from the web to build a searchable index for the Google Search engine.

Googlebot is the generic name for Google's web crawler. Googlebot is the general name for two different types of crawlers: a desktop crawler that simulates a user on desktop, and a mobile crawler that simulates a user on a mobile device.

Googlebot is the web crawler software used by Google, which collects documents from the web to build a searchable index for the Google Search engine.


Bots are programs used commonly in the web for quickly indexing, collecting data and information. Broken down to its core element, bots are software programmed to perform either legitimate or malicious automated tasks quicker and more efficiently than humans can.