deadlinkchecker

Last updated a day ago.

What is deadlinkchecker?

About

deadlinkchecker is a developer helper operated by Dead Link Checker. It's not currently known to be artificially intelligent or AI-related. If you think that's incorrect or can provide more detail about its purpose, please contact us.

Track deadlinkchecker Visiting Your Website

You can see when deadlinkchecker visits your website using the API or WordPress plugin.

Set Up Agent Analytics

Detail

Operator

Dead Link Checker

Type

Developer Helper

Used by developers to test website functionality

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.

Insights

deadlinkchecker's Activity on Your Website

Half of your traffic probably comes from artificial agents, and there are more of them every day. Track their activity with the API or WordPress plugin.

Set Up Agent Analytics

Other Websites

of top websites are currently blocking deadlinkchecker in some way

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Access Control

Should I Block deadlinkchecker?

Probably not. Developer helpers are normally used to optimize or find problems with your website.

Using Robots.txt

User Agent Token	Description
`deadlinkchecker`	Should match instances of deadlinkchecker

You can block deadlinkchecker or limit its access by setting user agent token rules in your website's robots.txt.

# robots.txt
# This should block deadlinkchecker

User-agent: deadlinkchecker
Disallow: /

Instead of doing this manually, you can use the API or Wordpress plugin to keep your robots.txt updated with the latest known AI scrapers, crawlers, and assistants automatically.

Set Up Automatic Robots.txt