Datadog
What is Datadog?
About
Datadog Synthetics performs automated website and API monitoring through simulated user requests and browser rendering to test application performance and availability. You can see how often Datadog visits your website by setting up Dark Visitors agent analytics.
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.
Type
Detail
Operated By | DataDog |
Last Updated | 17 hours ago |
Insights
Top Website Robots.txts
Country of Origin
Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Developer Helpers
Robots.txt
Should I Block Datadog?
Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.
How Do I Block Datadog?
You can block Datadog or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt. Set up Dark Visitors agent analytics to check whether it's actually following them.
# robots.txt
# This should block Datadog
User-agent: Datadog
Disallow: /