Articles about "Googlebot-Image"

Hiding images from Google Images and opting out of AI training are different jobs. The rules for each, plus enforcement that protects sensitive images without losing traffic.

Protect your images from AI training: block image crawlers like Googlebot-Image, use noimageindex, watermark valuable work, limit resolution, and stop hotlinking.

Googlebot builds your Google Search visibility. Google-Extended only controls Gemini training. Here is what each Google crawler does, and which ones to block.