Google-Read-Aloud

Last updated 17 hours ago.

Google-Read-Aloud is a fetcher operated by Google. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to see how often Google-Read-Aloud visits your website.

Detail

Operator	Google
Documentation	http://google.com/bot.html

Type

Fetcher

Fetches web content on behalf of an app

Expected Behavior

Fetchers visit websites on-demand. They're normally dispatched by apps to present metadata about a link (e.g. the title and thumbnail image) to a user.

Analytics

Visits to Your Website

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Other Websites

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Robots.txt

Should I Block Google-Read-Aloud?

Probably not. If you block a fetcher, it won't be able to fetch the metadata it needs to display a link preview. Fewer people will click on the link to your website without this.

How Do I Block Google-Read-Aloud?

You can block Google-Read-Aloud or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.

User Agent Token	Description
`Google-Read-Aloud`	Should match instances of Google-Read-Aloud

# robots.txt
# This should block Google-Read-Aloud

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Disallow: /