Security Report for IP:
66.249.73.12
Verified Official Crawler (Google Official Crawler (Googlebot))
🔬 Automation Forensics & Network Classification
🤖 Verified Official Crawler
🤖 How This IP Accessed The Site
Legitimate Search Indexer: Google Official Crawler (Googlebot)
Official crawler verified via reverse DNS / FCrDNS. Honors robots.txt and indexes the web for search engines and AI.
🌐 Network Connection Type (BGP ASN)
Authorized Crawler (Google Official Crawler (Googlebot))
AS15169 • Google LLC
🔍 Technical Signals & Evidence
- Validated rDNS / FCrDNS Identity
- Legitimate Search & Indexing Crawler
🌐 Verified Official Web Crawler: Google Official Crawler (Googlebot) (Google LLC)
Official web crawler operated by Google LLC for search indexing, Google Web Light mobile optimization, and Google Gemini AI.
✓ Status: Legitimate Automated System. This host crawls the web according to standard
robots.txt guidelines and does not engage in abusive or unauthorized scraping.
⚠️ Third-Party Reputation Alert
This IP address was reported in public crowdsourced blacklists (such as CleanTalk or NERD OSINT). It has not been observed in active automated attacks on our real-time honeypot sensors. Such records frequently arise from past temporary malware infections, dynamic ISP IP reallocations, or spoofed proxy headers.
| IP Address (Exact) | 66.249.73.12 |
| Reverse DNS (PTR) | crawl-66-249-73-12.googlebot.com |
| City & Region / State | Mountain View, California (CA) |
| Country / Nation | 🇺🇸 United States (US) |
| Network Type / Usage |
🤖 Verified Web Crawler (Google Official Crawler (Googlebot))
Official verified search engine and indexer infrastructure.
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| ISP / Organization | Google LLC |
| Autonomous System (BGP) | AS15169 • Google LLC |
| Evaluation Verdict | Verified Official Crawler (Google Official Crawler (Googlebot)) |
| First Detected | Today |
| Last Incident Recorded | No attacks recorded |
Identified Attack Patterns & Honeypot Incidents
[✔] No malicious web scraping or abusive activity records found for this IP address in our real-time honeypot sensors.
External Threat Intelligence Feeds (Third-Party Blacklists)
Historical reputation records aggregated from external public threat databases (e.g. CleanTalk, NERD OSINT). These records reflect past external reports and do not represent attacks against IsMyBot sensors.
| Intelligence Source / Database | Reported Classification / Reason | Record Status | Last Verified (UTC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CleanTalk Web Intelligence | Historical Abuse / Spam Records | External Public Blacklist | 2026-10-10 07:20:20 |
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Frequently Asked Questions & Host Intelligence
66.249.73.12
Full reputation profile and security audit for IP address
66.249.73.12: evaluated as Verified Official Crawler (Google Official Crawler (Googlebot)). Reverse DNS: crawl-66-249-73-12.googlebot.com • ISP: Google LLC.
Is 66.249.73.12 a bot?
66.249.73.12 is currently evaluated as: Verified Official Crawler (Google Official Crawler (Googlebot)).
66.249.73.12 whois & host details
Reverse DNS (PTR):
crawl-66-249-73-12.googlebot.com • ISP: Google LLC.
66.249.73.12 abuse report
Zero malicious abuse complaints or active scraping incidents recorded in this monitoring cycle.
Who owns 66.249.73.12?
66.249.73.12 is allocated to Google LLC in United States.