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View Page as Googlebot Desktop online, free
Read robots meta and bot-specific directives in a page’s HTML for Googlebot, Bingbot or YandexBot. No request is sent as the crawler, so cloaking cannot be detected.
- Runs in your browser — no upload
- Free, no sign-up, no watermark
- HTML
- TXT
Set up on this page
- Search Engine Crawler: googlebot desktop
How to use Crawler Directive Checker · Crawler Directive Checker — frequently asked questions
How to use View Page as Googlebot Desktop
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Enter the page URL
Paste the address you want to check, or paste its HTML if the tool offers that mode.
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Check the preset
Search Engine Crawler is set to googlebot desktop. You can change it before running.
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Run the tool
Press start. Processing happens on your device.
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Read the result
The result is delivered as JSON, TXT.
What Crawler Directive Checker can do
- Search Engine Crawler: googlebot mobile, googlebot desktop, bingbot and yandexbot
- Private by design — files are processed in your browser and never uploaded
- Free with no sign-up, no watermark and no daily limit
Crawler Directive Checker — frequently asked questions
What does this page set for View Page as Googlebot Desktop?
Search Engine Crawler: googlebot desktop. All of these stay editable.
Is my file uploaded?
No. On the web this tool runs in your browser, so your file is not uploaded.
Are there limits?
It takes one input per run. Server jobs accept up to 0 GB. A job can run for up to 15 seconds. In the browser, the practical limit is your device's memory.
What is a search bot simulator?
A search bot simulator tests how web pages respond to requests identifying themselves as Googlebot Desktop, Googlebot Smartphone, or Bingbot crawlers.
What is SEO cloaking?
Cloaking is the prohibited practice of presenting different content or URLs to human users than to search engine crawlers to artificially manipulate rankings.
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