What is OnlineOrNot Monitor?
Direct Answer: OnlineOrNot Monitor is a website monitoring bot operated by OnlineOrNot, providing uptime checks and page speed tests.
The OnlineOrNot Monitor is a bot designed for website monitoring, offering uptime checks and page speed tests. It provides immediate alerts via various channels such as Email, SMS, Slack, and PagerDuty. The bot is configurable, allowing users to set up checks as often as every 30 seconds and customize HTTP requests.
User-Agent Identification
The following user-agent strings identify OnlineOrNot Monitor in your live traffic data:
OnlineOrNot.com_bot_1.0_(https://onlineornot.com)
robots.txt Rules for OnlineOrNot Monitor
Respects robots.txt: No
This bot does not commit to following robots.txt
OnlineOrNot Monitor does not officially follow robots.txt directives. The only reliable way to control access is through server-side blocking (IP filtering, user-agent rules in your web server config) combined with log monitoring to verify effectiveness.
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Crawl Behavior
Frequency:Continuous
Request Pattern:Configurable HTTP Requests
Official Documentation Quotes
"OnlineOrNot detects problems and lets your team know before your customers do."
Crawl Activity Index
Relative crawl activity for OnlineOrNot Monitor over the past 28 days. Higher values indicate increased crawling intensity compared to the period baseline.
View recent activity data (last 7 days)
| Date | Activity Index |
|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2026 | 88.0 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 82.7 |
| Mar 28, 2026 | 83.1 |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 81.8 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 87.3 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 90.2 |
| Apr 1, 2026 | 88.9 |
Source: Cloudflare Radar
Why track OnlineOrNot Monitor traffic?
Distinguish monitoring traffic from real crawler activity. OnlineOrNot Monitor checks your site availability at regular intervals. Without proper identification, these requests can inflate your bot traffic metrics and distort crawl analysis.
Validate monitoring coverage. Track which pages OnlineOrNot Monitor checks and how frequently, so your monitoring setup matches your infrastructure requirements.
Log Verification
To verify OnlineOrNot Monitor traffic in your live traffic data:
- Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
- Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by OnlineOrNot)
- Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
- Use reverse DNS lookup for additional verification if available
Note: Observed behavior in production environments may differ from official documentation. Live traffic monitoring provides the only reliable verification of actual bot behavior.
Undocumented Information
The following information is not officially documented for OnlineOrNot Monitor:
- crawl frequency details
- IP verification method
- JavaScript rendering details
Official Documentation
View Official OnlineOrNot Monitor Documentation →
Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.