Do google employees and bots share the same ip ranges?
Example: There is a google bot with an ip 192.168.8.1
I block all the ips with 192.168.8..... could i be blocking a google employee with an ip 192.168.1.9
thank you
incrediBILL
9:36 pm on Apr 30, 2008 (gmt 0)
Most SE crawlers these days clearly identify themselves using reverse DNS such as "crawl-*.googlebot.com." for Google, and I've not seen anything resembling an employee on the same IPs.
mancunian
9:14 am on Jun 20, 2008 (gmt 0)
Yes there are some Google IPS shared by employees and bots
