What is Google Digital Asset Links?
Google Digital Asset Links is an SEO crawler operated by Google. Agent Analytics can track when it visits your website.
Overview
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| Expected To Follow Robots.txt | Yes |
| Insights Last Updated | August 11, 2026 |
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Category
Expected Behavior
Google Digital Asset Links usually performs comprehensive, link-following crawls rather than spot checks. Visit frequency may rise while a customer actively monitors your site or a related market.
How To Block Google Digital Asset Links With Robots.txt
Add this rule to your robots.txt file to block Google Digital Asset Links from accessing your entire website, or use Automatic Robots.txt to block all SEO crawlers at once. You can customize which pages are blocked by swapping out / for a different path.
User-agent: Google Digital Asset Links # https://knownagents.com/agents/google-digital-asset-links
Disallow: /Global Statistics for Google Digital Asset Links
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
Country of Origin
Robots.txt Blocking Trend
0% of top websites block Google Digital Asset Links in their robots.txt files.
Overall SEO Crawler Traffic
2.2% of all web traffic came from SEO crawlers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Should I Block Google Digital Asset Links?
Consider blocking Google Digital Asset Links only if you do not want your pages included in SEO databases. It does not influence how search engines rank you, and blocking it will not hide backlinks to your site because those are discovered on the linking sites. Almost none of the top websites we track currently have robots.txt rules for Google Digital Asset Links.
Does Google Digital Asset Links Follow Robots.txt Rules?
Yes. Google Digital Asset Links 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 Google Digital Asset Links respects it.
Does Google Digital Asset Links Access Private Content?
No. Google Digital Asset Links can reach only public pages, and authentication prevents it from accessing private content.
Why Is Google Digital Asset Links Visiting My Website?
Your domain appears in the ranking, backlink, or competitor data maintained by Google Digital Asset Links's operator. A customer may be tracking your site, one of your competitors, or a backlink that connects another site to yours.
How Can I Tell if Google Digital Asset Links Is Visiting My Website?
Agent Analytics tracks Google Digital Asset Links 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 "Google Digital Asset Links". Look for comprehensive site crawls that follow internal links. Because Google Digital Asset Links does not publish a verification method, any client can claim its identity and a log match is only a clue.