Blocking fake Googlebot

  • Recently appears like Wordfence is blocking legitimate Google IP’s, or at least that it seems like:

    Wordfence Live Activity: Blocking fake Googlebot at IP 66.249.67.161 (Reason: Fake Google crawler automatically blocked)

    All my settings are identical and I haven’t changed nothing recently:
    Immediately block fake Google crawlers: CHECKED
    How should we treat Google’s crawlers: Verified Google crawlers have unlimited access to this site

    Searching some websites today logs I can find these Mountain View IPs which a simple IP location query associates to Google Inc:
    66.249.67.161
    66.249.74.107
    66.249.78.51
    66.249.78.177

    Are not these actually REAL Google bots?

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