Google Crawlers’ IP Ranges Moved: What Changed, Why It Matters, and How to Future‑Proof Your Allowlisting
Google quietly changed where it publishes the IP range files for its crawlers. That sounds minor—until it breaks allowlists, bot verification routines, log analysis, WAF rules, and agency monitoring setups. Here’s what changed, what can go wrong, and a practical action plan SMEs and agencies can execute (and keep executing) with AYSA’s approved-change workflow.