Dark Visitor
Last updated 8 hours ago.
What is Dark Visitor?
About
Dark Visitor is a developer helper operated by Dark Visitors. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us.
Track Dark Visitor Visiting Your Website
You can see when Dark Visitor visits your website using the API or WordPress plugin.
Detail
Operator | Dark Visitors |
Type
Developer Helper
Used by developers to test website functionality
Expected Behavior
Developer helpers generally visit websites on direct behalf of a user who is evaluating some feature or attribute. Visits can be one-off or part of a larger crawl.
Insights
Dark Visitor's Activity on Your Website
Other Websites
Access Control
Should I Block Dark Visitor?
Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.
Using Robots.txt
User Agent Token | Description |
---|---|
Dark Visitor |
Should match instances of Dark Visitor |
You can block Dark Visitor or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.
# robots.txt
# This should block Dark Visitor
User-agent: Dark Visitor
Disallow: /