WebsitePulseBot
GoodBotVerifiedBOTA dedicated monitoring probe used by WebSitePulse to track website uptime, performance, and availability for their clients. Operated by WebSitePulse.
What is WebsitePulseBot?
WebsitePulseBot is the automated monitoring agent operated by WebSitePulse, a long-standing provider of infrastructure and website performance management services. It functions as a probe that periodically visits specific URLs configured by WebSitePulse customers to verify that their websites are online, responsive, and performing within expected parameters. By simulating user requests, the bot provides critical data on server response times and potential downtime, allowing administrators to receive alerts and maintain service level agreements.
Identification
websitepulse checkerWhy it crawls your site
The bot crawls websites exclusively to perform health checks and availability diagnostics as requested by the site owner through their WebSitePulse account. It does not index content for search engines or scrape data for AI training; rather, it measures the technical performance of the target server. Site administrators can verify the bot's legitimacy by checking the source IP addresses against the official WebSitePulse monitoring network ranges or by reviewing the user-agent string in their server logs.
Block or allow WebsitePulseBot
Add a Disallow rule for websitepulse checker 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 WebsitePulseBot from crawling your entire site User-agent: websitepulse checker Disallow: / # Allow WebsitePulseBot full access User-agent: websitepulse checker Allow: /
Ensure your robots.txt allows websitepulse checker. Verify requests by checking the user-agent string.
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