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Google Read Aloud

Tier 3
๐Ÿ’ฌ AI Assistantby Google โ†—

Google accessibility service for reading web content aloud.

User-Agent Token
Google-Read-Aloud
Respects robots.txt
Yes
Impact Level
Notable
10M+ users - Regional/specialized AI companies
Estimated Reach
10M+ users - Regional/specialized AI companies

๐ŸŽฏWhat is Google Read Aloud?

Google Read Aloud is an AI assistant fetcher operated by Google. Fetches content for AI assistant responses.

๐ŸขAbout Google

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Google operates 9 known bots for AI assistant features.

๐Ÿ›ก๏ธGoogle-Read-Aloud robots.txt Configuration

Control Google-Read-Aloud access to your website using robots.txt directives.

Block Google-Read-Aloud

To completely block Google Read Aloud from crawling your site:

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Disallow: /

Allow Google-Read-Aloud Full Access

To explicitly allow Google Read Aloud to crawl your entire site:

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Allow: /

Selective Access for Google-Read-Aloud

To allow Google Read Aloud but restrict certain directories:

User-agent: Google-Read-Aloud
Disallow: /private/
Disallow: /api/
Disallow: /admin/
Allow: /

โœ“ Google Read Aloud respects robots.txt directives.

Google-Read-Aloud User-Agent String

The user-agent token for Google Read Aloud is:

Google-Read-Aloud

Check Your Site's AI Policy

See if you're blocking or allowing Google Read Aloud and other AI crawlers.