That AI Crawler Says It’s Google. Can Your Edge Prove It?
Verify AI crawler identities with Web Bot Auth, handle unsigned Google traffic, and build edge rules that keep useful agents moving without broad firewall exceptions.
Verify AI crawler identities with Web Bot Auth, handle unsigned Google traffic, and build edge rules that keep useful agents moving without broad firewall exceptions.
A User-Agent is a claim, not proof. See how to verify AI crawler traffic before it shapes reporting, robots.txt decisions, or WAF exceptions.
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