# Google user-triggered fetchers

Bot · Assistants fetching for a user · Fetches feeds and files · operated by google

**Identity:** Publishes its IP addresses.

## How to recognise it

- Published IP list: https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers.json
- Published IP list: https://developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers-google.json
- Reverse DNS ends in `googlebot.com`, `google.com`, `googleusercontent.com` (then forward-confirm)
- User agent contains `Google-Read-Aloud`, `Google Read Aloud`, `Google-Pinpoint`, `FeedFetcher-Google`, `GoogleProducer`, `Google-Site-Verification`, `Google-CWS`, `GoogleMessages`

## With Double Agent

Sessions from Google user-triggered fetchers are labelled `bot` with `agent_id: google.user-fetchers`, and tagged in your analytics. Nothing is blocked unless you choose to. Install: https://doubleagent.so/install.md

Source: https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-user-triggered-fetchers · Operator docs: https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/google-user-triggered-fetchers