UptimeBot
What is UptimeBot?
About
UptimeBot is a developer helper. If you think this is incorrect or can provide additional detail about its purpose, please contact us. You can see how often UptimeBot 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.
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Last Updated | 14 hours ago |
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Should I Block UptimeBot?
Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.
How Do I Block UptimeBot?
You can block UptimeBot 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 | UptimeBot/1.0 AP-1 (+https://uptime.bot/hello) |
# robots.txt
# This should block UptimeBot
User-agent: UptimeBot
Disallow: /