01 · Operator
Who operates GoogleProducer
- Company
- Type
- Other bot
- Official docs
- developers.google.com
02 · Behavior
What GoogleProducer does
It fetches feeds that publishers explicitly supplied in Google Publisher Center. The content is used for Google News landing pages. Google lists it as a user-triggered fetcher that generally ignores robots.txt.
03 · Impact
Why GoogleProducer matters for your site
If you allow it
- Needed if you supply feeds via Google Publisher Center
- Supports your Google News presence
If you block it
- You do not use Google Publisher Center
- Unverified requests may be fakes using the name
04 · Allow
How to allow GoogleProducer
robots.txt
User-agent: GoogleProducer
Allow: /
Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "GoogleProducer")
Action: Skip › All Super Bot Fight Mode rules
# Also check Security › Bots: "Block AI bots" can block it regardless of robots.txt.
WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: GoogleProducer
Allow: /
nginx
# nginx serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure no rule like this blocks it:
# if ($http_user_agent ~* "GoogleProducer") { return 403; }
Apache
# Apache serves every user agent by default.
# Make sure .htaccess has no rule like this:
# RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} GoogleProducer [NC]
# RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
05 · Block
How to block GoogleProducer
GoogleProducer has been reported to ignore robots.txt. Block it at your CDN or web server as well.
robots.txt
# GoogleProducer has been reported to ignore robots.txt.
# Add a Cloudflare, nginx or Apache rule as well.
User-agent: GoogleProducer
Disallow: /
Cloudflare
# Security › WAF › Custom rules › Create rule
Expression: (http.user_agent contains "GoogleProducer")
Action: Block
WordPress
# WordPress serves a virtual robots.txt. Edit it with your SEO plugin:
# Yoast: SEO › Tools › File editor · Rank Math: General Settings › Edit robots.txt
User-agent: GoogleProducer
Disallow: /
nginx
# In your server { } block:
if ($http_user_agent ~* "GoogleProducer") {
return 403;
}
Apache
# .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} GoogleProducer [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>
06 · User agents
User agents we see for GoogleProducer
The user agent published by the operator:
GoogleProducer; (+https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/google-producer)
07 · Verification
Is it really GoogleProducer?
Anyone can copy a user agent. Real GoogleProducer requests come from the IP ranges published at developers.google.com/static/crawling/ipranges/user-triggered-fetchers-google.json. A reverse DNS lookup of a real request resolves to gae.googleusercontent.com</code>, <code>google.com, and that hostname resolves back to the same IP.
FAQ
Questions about GoogleProducer
What is GoogleProducer?
It is Google's Publisher Center fetcher, which processes publisher feeds for Google News landing pages.
Should I block GoogleProducer?
Not if you use Google Publisher Center. Blocking it can stop your feeds from being processed.
Last reviewed Oct 8, 2026