What is Storebot-Google?
Storebot-Google is Google's web crawler that analyzes e-commerce websites, product pages, and checkout processes using machine learning to gather information on pricing, delivery, payments and shopping experiences. You can set up Agent Analytics to see when Storebot-Google visits your website.
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| Example User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; Storebot-Google/1.0) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 |
| Operated By | |
| Source | Official Website |
| Triggered By | Customer-configured crawl |
| Used for AI Model Training | Not expected |
| Affects AI Chat & Search Visibility | Not directly |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
Why Is Storebot-Google Visiting My Website?
Your domain appears in the ranking, backlink, or competitor data maintained by Storebot-Google's operator. A customer may be tracking your site, one of your competitors, or a backlink that connects another site to yours.
Should I Block Storebot-Google?
Consider blocking Storebot-Google only if you do not want your pages included in SEO databases. It does not influence how search engines rank you, and blocking it will not hide backlinks to your site because those are discovered on the linking sites. For context, 6% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Storebot-Google.
How Do I Block Storebot-Google Using Robots.txt?
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Storebot-Google from accessing your website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all SEO crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Storebot-Google # https://knownagents.com/agents/storebot-google
Disallow: /Insights for Storebot-Google
As of October 30, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
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Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
Frequently Asked Questions
What Traffic Patterns Should I Expect From Storebot-Google?
Storebot-Google usually performs comprehensive, link-following crawls rather than spot checks. Visit frequency may rise while a customer actively monitors your site or a related market.
Does Storebot-Google Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Storebot-Google is expected to follow robots.txt rules, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step if you want to block it. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether Storebot-Google respects it.
Is Storebot-Google Used for AI Model Training?
Not ordinarily. Storebot-Google is not categorized as an AI training scraper or data provider, so AI model training is not its expected purpose.
Does Blocking Storebot-Google Affect AI Search or Citations?
Not directly. Storebot-Google's expected purpose is not to supply an AI search index or retrieve pages for AI-generated answers.
Does Storebot-Google Access Private Content?
No. Storebot-Google can reach only public pages, and authentication prevents it from accessing private content.
How Can I Verify a Request From Storebot-Google?
Agent Analytics tracks Storebot-Google visits in real time. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Storebot-Google". Look for comprehensive site crawls that follow internal links. Because Storebot-Google does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.
How Is Storebot-Google Different From Other Google Agents?
Google operates separate agents for different purposes, so each agent should be evaluated and controlled independently.
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