HostTracker
What is HostTracker?
About
HostTracker is a website monitoring bot that checks website availability and performance from 265+ monitoring locations worldwide. It monitors websites 24/7 for issues like downtime, slow loading, and broken links. You can see how often HostTracker 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 | HostTracker |
Last Updated | 1 day ago |
Insights
Top Website Robots.txts
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Global Traffic
The percentage of all internet traffic coming from Developer Helpers
Robots.txt
Should I Block HostTracker?
Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.
How Do I Block HostTracker?
You can block HostTracker 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.
User Agent String | Mozilla/5.0 (compatible;HostTracker/2.0;+http://www.host-tracker.com/) |
# robots.txt
# This should block HostTracker
User-agent: HostTracker
Disallow: /