Short answer
Google-GeminiNotebook is Google's current fetcher for URLs that users add as sources in Gemini Notebook.
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Google-GeminiNotebook: set robots.txt correctly
Google-GeminiNotebook is Google's current fetcher for URLs that users add as sources in Gemini Notebook.
Crawler facts
Facts about Google-GeminiNotebook
User-agent token
Google-GeminiNotebook
Operator
KI-Console group
Live fetches
Usually appears when a user-triggered AI fetch or citation path reaches the page.
robots.txt
Limited for user-triggered fetches
Documentation
Open source documentationWhat is Google-GeminiNotebook?
It replaces the former Google-NotebookLM token (supported until August 2026). Mobile and desktop variants exist.
Purpose and SEO meaning
The KI-Console group is live fetch: a visit means someone just put your page into a notebook as a source.
Visibility and privacy note
Blocking Google-GeminiNotebook can reduce how systems from Google see, index, train on, or retrieve your public content. Allowing it improves technical access, but it never guarantees crawling, ranking, citation, or a positive AI answer.
Google describes user-triggered fetchers as generally ignoring robots.txt. A robots.txt rule is only a policy here, not protection.
robots.txt for Google-GeminiNotebook
Use the exact token Google-GeminiNotebook in your robots.txt. Keep private paths blocked separately if only part of the site should be available.
Allow :bot
User-agent: Google-GeminiNotebook
Allow: /Block :bot
User-agent: Google-GeminiNotebook
Disallow: /Straight answers
What skeptical website owners usually ask first
KI-Console does not sell magic visibility. It makes your website more readable for AI systems and shows evidence where the tracker or logs provide it.
What is Google-GeminiNotebook?
Google-GeminiNotebook is a crawler or robots.txt control token operated by Google. The facts above show its purpose, robots.txt behavior, and exact allow or block rules.
How do I block Google-GeminiNotebook in robots.txt?
Use User-agent: Google-GeminiNotebook and Disallow: /. robots.txt is a directive for compliant crawlers, not a technical access barrier.
Does blocking Google-GeminiNotebook reduce AI visibility?
It can reduce visibility in systems from Google if those systems can no longer crawl, index, train on, or retrieve your content. The effect depends on the bot type and product.
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