3 ms·You can still set your user-agent to Googlebot.by sionisrecur 2y agoYou can still set your user-agent to Googlebot.ventegus 2y agoThey check for client IP. True Googlebot always comes from 66.249.*.*seanw444 2y agoYeah I was like "surely it can't be that easy." So I went to try, and no, surely it is not.iggldiggl 2y agoSometimes you can get lucky though – I know at least one forum that requires registration even just for viewing posts, but lets Googlebot through and only checks the user agent.