What is Gemini-Deep-Research?
Gemini-Deep-Research is the agent responsible for collecting and scanning resources used in Google Gemini's Deep Research feature, which acts as a personal research assistant. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
| Operated By | |
| Source | Official Website |
| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Expected Behavior
Gemini-Deep-Research makes isolated, on-demand requests rather than crawling your site. Traffic follows user demand, ranging from sporadic fetches to steady visits for a popular assistant.
Gemini-Deep-Research's User Agent
| User Agent | Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; Gemini-Deep-Research; +https://gemini.google/overview/deep-research/) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 |
How To Block Gemini-Deep-Research With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Gemini-Deep-Research from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all AI assistants at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Gemini-Deep-Research # https://knownagents.com/agents/gemini-deep-research
Disallow: /Global Statistics for Gemini-Deep-Research
As of August 11, 2026, this data reflects agent visits measured across thousands of websites using Agent Analytics, combined with daily scans of the top 1000 websites and their robots.txt files.
Robots.txt Blocked Percentage
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Robots.txt Blocking Trend
3% of top websites block Gemini-Deep-Research in their robots.txt files.
Overall AI Assistant Traffic
0.7% of all web traffic came from AI assistants.
Top Visited Website Categories
The types of websites most frequently visited by Gemini-Deep-Research.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Gemini-Deep-Research?
Usually not. Blocking Gemini-Deep-Research can keep your pages out of AI-generated answers and eliminate potential citation traffic. It does not improve traditional search rankings. For context, 3% of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Gemini-Deep-Research.
Does Gemini-Deep-Research Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. Gemini-Deep-Research is expected to follow robots.txt directives, so a disallow rule is the appropriate first step. Automatic Robots.txt can add and maintain that rule, while Agent Analytics lets you verify whether Gemini-Deep-Research respects it.
Does Gemini-Deep-Research Access Private Content?
Not ordinarily. Gemini-Deep-Research fetches pages as an anonymous visitor without a stored login. Content protected by a paywall or login remains out of reach.
Why Is Gemini-Deep-Research Visiting My Website?
A user asked Google's assistant a question your page could help answer. Gemini-Deep-Research retrieved the page to support its response, often with a citation linking back to your site.
How Can I Tell if Gemini-Deep-Research Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Gemini-Deep-Research visits in real time alongside every other known AI agent, crawler, and scraper. You can also check your server logs for requests whose user-agent string contains "Gemini-Deep-Research". Look for a single-page request with no follow-up navigation. Because Gemini-Deep-Research does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.