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What is WebsitePulseBot?

Direct Answer: WebsitePulseBot is an HTTP monitoring probe operated by WebsitePulse for their monitoring service.

Operator: WebsitePulse Type: Monitoring Bot Purpose: Website monitoring and performance checking

WebsitePulseBot is used for monitoring websites as part of WebsitePulse's service. It checks websites for availability and performance. The bot is identified by user-agents such as 'websitepulse checker/3.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Netscape 4.75; Linux)'.

User-Agent Identification

The following user-agent strings identify WebsitePulseBot in your live traffic data:

  • websitepulse checker/3.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Netscape 4.75; Linux)

robots.txt Rules for WebsitePulseBot

Respects robots.txt: No

This bot does not commit to following robots.txt

WebsitePulseBot 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:Not Documented

Request Pattern:Not Documented

Crawl Activity Index

Relative crawl activity for WebsitePulseBot 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 88.8

Source: Cloudflare Radar

Why track WebsitePulseBot traffic?

Distinguish monitoring traffic from real crawler activity. WebsitePulseBot 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 WebsitePulseBot checks and how frequently, so your monitoring setup matches your infrastructure requirements.

Log Verification

To verify WebsitePulseBot traffic in your live traffic data:

  1. Search access logs for the user-agent strings listed above
  2. Check if the IP addresses match documented ranges (if provided by WebsitePulse)
  3. Verify the crawl pattern matches documented behavior
  4. 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 WebsitePulseBot:

  • crawl frequency
  • request pattern
  • IP verification method
  • JavaScript rendering details

Official Documentation

View Official WebsitePulseBot Documentation →

Information sourced from official documentation. Content generated with AI assistance.