Is BLEXBot crawler used by Google? [closed]

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I have setup my htaccess this way

SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent .*google.* search_robot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent .*yahoo.* search_robot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent .*bot.* search_robot
SetEnvIfNoCase User-Agent .*ask.* search_robot

Order Deny,Allow
Deny from All
Allow from env=search_robot

I have this bot showing up:

IPv4 address:198.143.187.122
Reverse DNS:blexn3.webmeup.com
RIR:ARIN
Country:United States 
RBL Status:Clear
Thread:No threats detected

Is this bot used by Google or I am missing something?

Answer 1

No BLEXBot is not google. It belongs to a company called WebMeUp. You can find information about them here.

If you lookup the IP in the log you will see it's not Google.

IP Address      198.143.187.122
Host            blexn3.webmeup.com
Location        US   US, United States
City            Chicago, IL 60661
Organization    SingleHop
ISP             SingleHop

Google IPs will list Google as the organisation.

Google use their own Bots, they are custom built. You can read up about them here, including a definitive list of their user-agent strings which may be useful to you.

To block follow the instructions here.