Change User-Agent in any browser? - GoFuckYourself.com

salo18 · 09-11-2003, 10:18 AM

Ok, I want to change User-Agent to the same as the google-bot so I can check out what the pages look like when google visits them.

But I tried every known browser out there and I have not been able to change it to "Googlebot/1.0 ([email protected] http://googlebot.com/)" or what it is...

So how should I do, what browser should I use for this?

Fuckin Bill · 09-11-2003, 10:41 AM

This isn't exactly what you asked for, but I figured it might come in handy for informational stuff in the future.

http://www.wannabrowser.com/index.html

It'll hit any page you want and report itself as different browsers to let you test .htaccess stuff and whatnot. I don't think it contains one for google though.

I haven't played much with "wget", but that will allow you to change the browser agent it reports when it connects to something, you might be able to get that to report itself as google.

swedguy · 09-11-2003, 10:46 AM

Here's how to do it in Netscape/Mozilla

http://www.granneman.com/webdev/brow...changemo/index

pudcat · 09-11-2003, 10:46 AM

mozilla firebird (www.mozilla.org) install the extension that lets you specify what browser you want to be.

failing that wget --user-agent=..... will definately work, though not terribly practical for general surfing ;)

salo18 · 09-11-2003, 10:55 AM

Thanks everyone!

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09-11-2003, 10:41 AM	#2
Fuckin Bill Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,020	This isn't exactly what you asked for, but I figured it might come in handy for informational stuff in the future. http://www.wannabrowser.com/index.html It'll hit any page you want and report itself as different browsers to let you test .htaccess stuff and whatnot. I don't think it contains one for google though. I haven't played much with "wget", but that will allow you to change the browser agent it reports when it connects to something, you might be able to get that to report itself as google.

09-11-2003, 10:46 AM	#3
swedguy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,981	Here's how to do it in Netscape/Mozilla http://www.granneman.com/webdev/brow...changemo/index