Skip to main content

Search Engine IP Lookup

Check if any IP belongs to a search engine crawler — Google, Bing, or other. Verify up to 100 IPs from your server logs and detect fake Googlebot traffic.

Written by Mike

Identify Search Engine Bots by IP Address

The Search Engine IP Lookup tool checks which search engine bot — if any — an IP address belongs to. Enter up to 100 IP addresses and get a table showing whether each IP is a verified Google, Bing, or other search engine crawler. Use it to verify crawl logs, spot fake bots, and confirm that the traffic hitting your server is actually from search engines.

What you can achieve:

  • Verify that search engine crawlers are actually hitting your site: Confirm that the Googlebot or Bingbot entries in your server logs are genuine — not scrapers or bots spoofing search engine user agents.

  • Identify fake bot traffic: Bad actors often send requests using Googlebot user agents to bypass security rules. IP Lookup reveals whether an IP actually belongs to Google's verified IP range.

  • Audit crawl log data efficiently: Export IP addresses from your access logs and check up to 100 at a time — faster than looking up each IP manually against Google's published IP ranges.

Getting Started

  1. In Serpstat, go to Tools → Search Engine IP.

  2. Enter up to 100 IP addresses in the input field — one per line.

  3. Click Send.

  4. Review the results table — each IP shows which search engine bot it belongs to (Google, Bing, or other), or is marked as not belonging to any known search engine.

Key Metrics Explained

  1. Search engine: The search engine that owns the IP range — Google, Bing, or other. If the IP doesn't match any known search engine range, it will be identified as unknown or not a search engine bot.

  2. Bot type: The specific crawler type associated with the IP — for example, Googlebot (web crawl), Google AdsBot, Bingbot, and so on. Different bots serve different purposes.

  3. Verification method: Serpstat cross-references the IP against the official published IP ranges of major search engines. This is the same method Google itself recommends for verifying Googlebot.

Pro Tip: Audit Crawl Logs After Seeing Unusual Traffic Spikes

An IP Lookup check on suspicious server traffic takes two minutes and tells you definitively whether you're looking at real crawler activity or a bot attack.

  1. Export the top 20–50 IP addresses by request volume from your server access logs for the period when unusual traffic occurred.

  2. Paste them into Search Engine IP Lookup and run the check.

  3. Any IP claiming to be Googlebot that isn't in Google's verified IP range is a spoofed bot — flag it for your server admin to block.

  4. The goal: Replace manual IP lookups against Google's published ranges with a single bulk check — faster and less error-prone.

⚠️ Important: Search Engine IP Lookup is free and available to all users, including non-registered visitors. The tool checks IPs against published search engine IP ranges — results reflect the range data at the time of the check. For the most current IP ranges, cross-reference with Google's official documentation at developers.google.com.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I need a Serpstat account to use this tool?
​A: No — Search Engine IP Lookup is free and publicly available. No login or subscription is required.
​

Q: Which search engines does the tool cover?
​A: The tool identifies IPs belonging to Google and Bing. IPs from other search engines or unknown sources are labeled accordingly.
​

Q: What should I do if a Googlebot IP fails verification?
​A: If an IP claims to be Googlebot but doesn't appear in Google's verified range, treat it as a spoofed bot. Work with your server admin or CDN provider to block the IP and review any requests it made.
​

Next Steps

Did this answer your question?