John Smith Google

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It appears google is doing some random checkout with products. It really hurts tracking when they do this.

It is always the same although the email address will vary [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
John Smith
Att:John Smith
[email protected]
6502530000
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
mountain view CA 94043

We have tried blocking the IP address blocks but they switch every few days. The IP always comes back as rate-limited-proxy-66-249-89-26.google.com

is there any other method to prevent this from happening

[ILoveHostasaurus]

Unfortunately they're doing it from the same network their normal index bots run from, so blocking it by IP or network will likely damage your rankings. I believe it's also the result of using a service of theirs where their terms require your agreeing to allow such scans, so blocking could create issues. Here's some info:

https://searchengineland.com/wsj-goo...g-carts-337098
https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-is-...ts-11593617464

[Mark Hood]

I've been seeing this for years...
If you advertise with google they will attempt to validate your site including shipping policy, return policy, price, and complete checkout process. I've had the issue where they couldn't checkout because of my fraud tools and then shut off my ability to advertise.