UpDownBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTUpDownBot is the HTTP monitoring probe for updown.io. Operated by Updown.
What is UpDownBot?
UpDownBot is a web crawler operated by Updown. UpDownBot is the HTTP monitoring probe for updown.io.
Identification
updown.ioHow we rated this bot
Verified by Cloudflare, which confirms who runs it, with no widespread reports of abuse.
What we read
- Meta Has New Web-Crawling Bots That Sneakily Get Around Robots.txt - Business Insider
- The Major Companies and Media Outlets Blocking OpenAI's Crawler GPTBot - Business Insider
- Known Agents Review: Google Analytics for Bots | Agent Finder
- HUMAN and TollBit Empower Websites with Robust Bot Management and Content Monetization Solutions for AI Agents
- Friday Facts #374 - Smarter robots
Why it crawls your site
UpDownBot crawls websites to monitor website availability, performance, and analytics. It is operated by Updown as part of their monitoring and analytics infrastructure. If you see this bot in your server logs, it is a verified crawler and generally safe.
Block or allow UpDownBot
Add a Disallow rule for updown.io in your robots.txt file. You can also block at the server level using your web server configuration or CDN firewall rules to filter requests matching the user-agent string.
# Block UpDownBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: updown.io Disallow: / # Allow UpDownBot full access User-agent: updown.io Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows updown.io. Verify requests are genuine by checking the user-agent string and referring to Updown's documentation.
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