Official statement
Googlebot does not complete any CAPTCHAs, even those from Google. If the content requires completing a CAPTCHA to be visible, it will not be accessible to Googlebot. Serving the full content to Googlebot while asking users for a CAPTCHA is acceptable.
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TL;DR
Googlebot does not fill out any CAPTCHAs, including those from Google. If your content is behind a CAPTCHA, it won't be indexed. Make sure Googlebot can access the content without a CAPTCHA.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Googlebot peut-il remplir des CAPTCHA invisibles comme reCAPTCHA V3 ?
Habituellement, non. Googlebot n'interagit pas avec les CAPTCHA, même ceux qui semblent invisibles.
Dois-je supprimer totalement les CAPTCHA ?
Non, mais assurez-vous qu'ils ne bloquent pas l'accès de Googlebot à votre contenu crucial.
Comment s'assurer que Googlebot voit le contenu ?
Faites des tests de crawl pour vérifier ce que Googlebot peut indexer sans restrictions.
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