# Google renames NotebookLM crawler user-agent to Google-GeminiNotebook

Published: 2026-07-20T05:08:06.557Z · Source: Search Engine Roundtable (https://www.seroundtable.com/google-renames-notebooklm-gemininotebook-41704.html)
Source date: 2026-07-17
Entities: google, gemini

The user-agent string changed alongside the product's rebrand to Gemini Notebook — relevant to anyone managing AI-crawler access in robots.txt, per Search Engine Roundtable.

Why it matters: Crawler identity is access policy: every rename silently changes which AI systems your robots.txt admits.

## What this answers

**What is the Google-GeminiNotebook user-agent?**

The renamed crawler user-agent for NotebookLM following its rebrand to Gemini Notebook — relevant to robots.txt rules that reference the old string.


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